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Cash Flow is Your Company’s life-blood say Business Mentors
Thursday, 27 September 2012, 9:48 am | Business Mentors
As the New Zealand’s only national, volunteer business mentoring organisation reaches its 21st anniversary, Business Mentors New Zealand warns that cash flow management is still one of the biggest issues facing small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs). More >>
Business Mentors Increases One-Off Registration Fee
Monday, 28 May 2012, 10:02 am | Business Mentors
Business Mentors NZ, the nation’s number one not-for-profit mentoring organisation, will increase its one-off $100 registration fee to $150 from 1st June to enable it to cope with the financial implications of its loss of charitable status. More >>
Business Mentoring Demand High As Economy Struggles
Tuesday, 26 July 2011, 10:08 am | Business Mentors
According to Business Mentors New Zealand (BMNZ), the nation’s only not-for-profit mentoring organisation, demand from SMEs for business mentoring is high with many older companies seeking help for the first time. More >>
Trimming Business Insurance Can Be Devastating
Tuesday, 1 March 2011, 10:13 am | Business Mentors
According to TOWER Insurance, one of the country’s oldest and most trusted providers, and Patron of Business Mentors New Zealand, some companies are trimming the scope of their insurance cover in a bid to cut costs. However, TOWER warns this false economy ... More >>
New Commercial Vehicle Insurance Product
Wednesday, 8 December 2010, 2:39 pm | Business Mentors
The launch of a new commercial vehicle insurance product by Business Mentors patron, TOWER Insurance, one of the country’s oldest providers, means that New Zealand business owners can now purchase a comprehensive commercial insurance package from ... More >>
Business Mentoring Making a Difference in the Cook Islands
Tuesday, 23 November 2010, 10:35 am | Business Mentors
The first New Zealand volunteers to take part in the Pacific Islands Business Mentoring Programme have returned from the second of six trips to the Cook Islands. Five mentors from Business Mentors New Zealand (BMNZ) travelled to Rarotonga in May and recently ... More >>
Too Many SMEs Still Underinsured Even After Quake
Thursday, 28 October 2010, 10:10 am | Business Mentors
SMEs are taking business insurance cover more seriously since the Canterbury earthquake according to Business Mentors patron, TOWER Insurance, one of the country’s oldest providers. However, despite the increase in queries, TOWER claims that there are ... More >>
Business Mentoring Becoming Increasingly Popular
Friday, 8 October 2010, 12:20 pm | Business Mentors
According to Business Mentors New Zealand, the nation’s only not-for-profit mentoring organisation, more SMEs are seeing the value in business mentoring than ever before. This is reflected in the fact that both mentoring sessions and client satisfaction ... More >>
Leap In Business Mentor Client Sessions
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 1:09 pm | Business Mentors
According to Business Mentors NZ the country’s SMEs are still struggling with the after effects of the world wide economic dip as the number of sessions taken by the 1,600+ mentors has risen significantly since 2009. More >>
Business Mentors Put on Stand by in Canterbury
Wednesday, 8 September 2010, 11:13 am | Business Mentors
Business Mentors New Zealand, the nation’s number one not-for-profit mentoring organisation, has issued an alert to its 300 Canterbury based mentors putting them on standby to help the region’s SMEs get back on their feet after the earthquake ... More >>
SMEs Urged to Include Statutory Liability
Monday, 12 July 2010, 1:18 pm | Business Mentors
Kiwi businesses recovering from the recession could be putting themselves at risk by overlooking statutory liability insurance, according to TOWER Insurance, one of the country’s oldest providers, and not-for-profit mentoring organisation, Business ... More >>
NZ Business Mentors Start Work In The Pacific
Monday, 31 May 2010, 10:59 am | Business Mentors
The first New Zealand volunteers taking part in the new Pacific Islands Business Mentoring Programme have started work in the Cook Islands. Five mentors from Business Mentors New Zealand (BMNZ) arrived in Rarotonga this month. More >>
Winter Could Spell Trouble For Underinsured
Friday, 28 May 2010, 12:32 pm | Business Mentors
Business Mentors NZAnd Tower Insurance Warn Winter Could Spell Trouble For Underinsured Kiwi Businesses Entering winter without adequate insurance could be putting Kiwi businesses at risk, warns TOWER Insurance, one of the country’s oldest providers, ... More >>
More SMEs Turning to Mentoring For Help
Friday, 14 May 2010, 2:22 pm | Business Mentors
According to the latest figures from Business Mentors New Zealand, the nation’s number one not-for-profit mentoring organisation, more SMEs are seeing the value an experienced volunteer mentor can add to their business. More >>
Tower Insurance Embrace Business Mentoring
Thursday, 4 March 2010, 1:10 pm | Business Mentors
TOWER Insurance Marketing Manager, Debra Chantry, has become the first person from one of the country’s leading providers of business cover to become a fully fledged business mentor. She applied to become a mentor last month, after TOWER Insurance ... More >>
Tower Insurance Supports SMEs
Thursday, 21 January 2010, 3:27 pm | Business Mentors
TOWER Insurance, one of the country’s leading providers of business cover, has teamed up with Business Mentors New Zealand, the charitable organisation which provides a national business mentoring service to support the development and growth of New ... More >>
Chairman Steps Down From Business Mentors NZ
Monday, 12 October 2009, 5:25 pm | Business Mentors
Jeremy Bendall is stepping down as Chairman of Business Mentors New Zealand (Business in the Community) after two years at the helm of the country’s only national business mentoring service aimed at supporting the development and growth of small to medium-sized ... More >>
Business Mentors Corporates To Support SMES
Thursday, 6 August 2009, 1:37 pm | Business Mentors
Business Mentors New Zealand, the nation’s only not-for-profit mentoring organisation, is calling on larger companies to give a helping hand to get small to medium size enterprises through the recession. More >>
Mentoring To Help Businesses Weather Tough Times
Thursday, 29 January 2009, 2:41 pm | Business Mentors
Business Mentors New Zealand, the county’s only not for profit business mentoring service, is getting ready to launch a new national marketing campaign to emphasise how easy it is for owners of small to medium businesses to apply for mentoring support. More >>
New Zealand Is A Land Of One-Man (Or Woman) Bands
Monday, 12 November 2007, 11:52 am | Business Mentors
The majority of small and medium New Zealand enterprises (SMEs) have no paid employees, according to Business Mentors New Zealand. More >>