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Iron Road Ltd
Iron Road is an Auckland based public relations and content marketing agency, with clients throughout New Zealand.
Iron Road takes an editorial approach to content marketing and public relations. We believe content should educate, inform and inspire the audience and, whenever possible, be newsworthy, current and relevant.
Iron Road is a HubSpot inbound marketing agency partner.
Specialising in the finance, technology and export sectors, the agency also works in the health sector - we love helping clients uncover their own unique brand story.
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Inconsistent Leadership Is Hurting Kiwi SME Success, Says SME Specialist
Thursday, 6 March 2025, 9:17 am | Team Fusion International
Recent data from Xero shows SME sales fell 2.7% year-on-year in the September 2024 quarter, following a 1.4% decline in June. Over 31% of small businesses reduced staff in the past year. More >>
Kiwis Need To Talk About Our Fear Of Risk And What It’s Costing Us
Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 9:27 am | Happy Prime
CEO of Happy Prime, Meurig Chapman says Kiwis need to strike a more careful balance between risk and reward and the limitations that Government controls place on them. More >>
NZ Businesses Often Unprepared For Sale At Exit Time
Tuesday, 4 March 2025, 9:08 am | LINK International Group
Given that 25% of SMEs are owned by baby boomers aged 61-79, a wave of business exits is expected over the next decade as they look to retire. However, without proper planning, some owners may find their retirement delayed. More >>
Kiwis Need To Talk About Our Fear Of Risk And What It’s Costing Us
Thursday, 27 February 2025, 9:40 am | Happy Prime
New Zealand must reassess its risk appetite to stimulate economic growth and improve national prosperity. This means encouraging investment in businesses that drive productivity, adopting a more strategic approach to financial risk, and reducing unnecessary regulatory ... More >>
Healthcare Providers Can Soon Monitor Patients From Home
Thursday, 27 February 2025, 9:09 am | Manage My Health
Launched by the Manage My Health platform, the technology integrates remote patient monitoring (RPM) with its well-established virtual consultations (VC) facility, offering a seamless solution for healthcare providers. More >>
Kiwi Are Bosses Poor At Delegating, Hindering Growth
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 11:10 am | Team Fusion
“It’s about having the infrastructure in place within your business to trust your people so that everyone feels valued, empowered, engaged and rewarded at work for achieving goals that are aligned to the business strategy." More >>
Is New Zealand's Housing Crisis Is Driving A Surge In Business Ownership?
Wednesday, 18 December 2024, 8:20 am | LINK International Group
Small businesses—offering equity growth and regular returns—are seen as viable and sometimes a superior alternative to homeownership because, besides being an investment, a business starts earning a return from the start. More >>
Four Steps To Intentional Dreaming For SMEs These Holidays
Tuesday, 17 December 2024, 9:55 am | Team Fusion International
Gaelene Adams Love, founder of Team Fusion International, says the āwhina process (which means help, assist, support, or benefit) is a practical framework for SME owners to dream with intention and align their aspirations with action. More >>
Guilt Weighs On Kiwi SMEs Run By Couples
Thursday, 28 November 2024, 10:14 am | Team Fusion
“Being in a tug of war between your relationship needs and earning an income to support both you and your family can cause stress, burnout and strain the relationship,” says Gaelene Adams Love, founder of Team Fusion International. More >>
Time For Lenders To Back Kiwi Talent, Not Just Property
Wednesday, 27 November 2024, 9:52 am | Happy Prime
“New Zealand’s opportunity to boost productivity, GDP and wages is not in agriculture or tourism but in our talented, entrepreneurial population,” says Meurig Chapman, CEO of Happy Prime, a leading specialist in credit risk within the corporate banking ... More >>
‘I Wish You'd Get A Job’: The Reality For Small Business Owners
Friday, 1 November 2024, 8:45 am | Team Fusion
For many sole traders in New Zealand, these words signal the toll that running a business takes on relationships, particularly during the high-stress Christmas period. More >>
Slow Regulators A Risk To Consumers And Financial Innovators
Wednesday, 30 October 2024, 9:24 am | Happy Prime
“We’ve seen this play out before with peer-to-peer lending, where regulator inaction allowed the product to develop with considerable time, effort and investment, only for them to stomp on it. BNPL faces the same risk. More >>
New Zealand Legacy: +IMPAC’s 25 Years Keeping Kiwis Safe
Thursday, 3 October 2024, 12:00 pm | plusIMPAC
Having spearheaded the advancement of workplace health and safety standards in New Zealand, +IMPAC’s extensive institutional knowledge and experience have positioned it as a trailblazer and innovator of health and safety principles that are widely ... More >>
Balancing Love And Business: Handling Sensitive Issues
Thursday, 3 October 2024, 9:21 am | Team Fusion
Romantic partners co-owning businesses face unique challenges because any disagreement can raise tension between the couple, which can spread to staff, risking polarisation and disruption to workplace dynamics. More >>
Monopolised Capital Market Hinders Kiwis’ Access To Finance
Wednesday, 2 October 2024, 10:05 am | Happy Prime
Meurig Chapman, CEO of Happy Prime, a leading specialist in credit risk within the corporate banking and financial services sectors, says that while the amendments proposed by the Coalition Government are positive, they “don’t go far enough.” More >>
More Competition In NZ Banking Needs Fewer Banks, Not More
Monday, 30 September 2024, 10:57 am | Happy Prime
Meurig Chapman, CEO of Happy Prime, a leading specialist credit risk firm in New Zealand's corporate banking and financing sector, says the ComCom is being hypocritical by calling for more banking competition after four years of throttling competition ... More >>
More Competition In NZ Banking Needs Fewer Banks, Not More
Saturday, 14 September 2024, 11:55 pm | Happy Prime
The stringent controls imposed by the CCCFA and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's (RBNZ) extreme capital requirements and tough banking license requirements stifle any level of innovation or diversification in the New Zealand banking sector. More >>
Couples In Business Face High Risk Of Power Imbalances At Work
Saturday, 14 September 2024, 11:26 pm | Team Fusion
While life partners might be equal in love, the same equality doesn't always carry over to the workplace when both life partners are also in business together. More >>
Give Your Life Partner An Employment Contract
Thursday, 1 August 2024, 8:34 am | Team Fusion
Should you give your spouse or partner an employment contract? Co-founder startups spiked sharply after COVID because circumstances led to many couples going into business together, but, like many business ventures, love and trust aren’t necessarily healthy ... More >>
Who’s The Boss? Why Couples In Business Are More Likely To Split
Wednesday, 26 June 2024, 10:01 am | Team Fusion
Couples in business together are more likely to divorce, often over disputes about who's the boss. More >>
