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Small Business: Motivation first - Evolu

Necessity is said to be the mother of invention, and it's a phrase that seems to capture the motivations of many who have started small natural beauty products businesses.

Small business: Staff training - Boost New Media

Kirstin Donaldson is general manager of Boost New Media, a Wellington-based company with 15 staff that develops custom web and mobile applications.

Success: Skier now chasing merino gold

Our Winter Olympics athletes have been pulling on black singlets before going out to compete...

Small business: Staff training - Sachie's Kitchen

Sachie Nomura is the founder of Sachie’s Kitchen, an Auckland-based Asian cooking school.

Fraud much higher than firms admit: investigator

A third of Kiwi businesses admit being victims of crime, however the real figure is probably much higher, a private investigator says.

Small business: Staff training - Optimal BI

Victoria MacLennan is managing director of Optimal BI, a business intelligence firm that analyses and reports on data generated by businesses. It currently has 14 employees based in Wellington.

Small business: Staff training - Parlato & Associates

Darren Parlato is the owner of Parlato & Associates, a chartered accounting practice in Foxton.

Graham McGregor: Use expert positioning to attract new clients

Restaurant serves up living wage

Eleven employers have been accredited as the country's first living wage employers - among them, former Cabinet minister turned restaurateur, Laila Harre.

Small Business: Social media - James Rigden, Superette

James Rigden set up Superette with business partner Rickie Dee in 2001.

Small Business: Social media - Halfdan Hansen, Jens Hansen

Halfdan Hansen leads a team of seven at Jens Hansen, the Nelson-based artisan jewellery workshop established by his late father.

Graham McGregor: The power of storytelling

Increasing sales by getting social

Are you a Facebooker, or is Instagram or Twitter more your thing? No matter which, it's a pretty safe bet you'll be living a social media life somewhere these days.

Eatery odours in High Court row

St Heliers Cafe Bar & Bistro - owned by high-profile restaurateurs Scott Brown and Jackie Grant - has been lauded by food critics but has got offside with its neighbours.

Small Business: Sharing spaces - Galen King, the Bridge Street Collective

Galen King is the founder of the Bridge Street Collective, a coworking studio and cafe in Nelson.

No holiday surcharge, but....

Public holiday surcharges seem to be on the decline at Auckland eateries, but an industry insider says establishments are compensating by raising prices year-round.

Small Business: Sharing spaces - Rebecca Anderson, Chaos & Harmony

<strong>Rebecca Anderson is the founder of <a href='http://www.blakchaos.com' target='_blank'>Chaos & Harmony</a>, which designs and produces women’s boutique shoes.</strong><p>

Small Business: Sharing spaces - Dave Lewis, VantagePoint

Dave Lewis is managing director of VantagePoint, a growth advisory company founded in 1997 with offices in Auckland, Sydney and Dubai. Four years ago the company shifted its Auckland-based operations into the Icehouse business growth centre in Parnell.