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Rotorua Business Awards 2020: Finalists announced

The quality of entries was the best the judges had seen in a while, Bryce Heard said.

Post-lockdown boom: The Rotorua businesses that are thriving

Filling a need in the market and Kiwis buying local is helping these businesses thrive.

'Get the basics right': How a banker and retailer transformed a tyre shop - their way

A husband and wife bought long-standing business Tyre Works in 2018.

'Better off than most regions': Bay's economic fortunes lift post Covid

Survey: A net 8 per cent of households expected the Bay's economy to improve over the year

Mark Lister: On the home stretch

COMMENT: Mark Lister says buckle up because 2020 still might have a surprise in store

Bracing for impact: Surviving summer without cruise ships

Rotorua is expected to feel the impact of zero cruise ships arriving this summer.

Mainfreight: A sneak peek inside the company's largest transport branch in NZ

The 90-odd staff moved in to the new $40m facility on September 12, 2020

Rotorua GM explains why a career in hotels isn't dead post-Covid

"If people like a variety in their work, hotels is a great career path."

Mark Lister: How small investors can access big commercial property assets

COMMENT: Mark Lister on why commercial property is an important investment class.

Mark Lister: GDP and the long slog that lies ahead

COMMENT: Mark Lister talks about GDP and Pre-Election Economic and Fiscal Update.

Jacinda Ardern and John Key's families tracked by firm linked to China's military

Chinese big data firms' leaked database shows keen interest in influential New Zealanders.

Mark Lister: How will we pay back the national post-Covid debt?

COMMENT: Mark Lister answers the one question about our post-Covid-19 financial future.

Kiwifruit knockout: Record orchard prices make it tough for young growers

Demand is outstripping supply for kiwifruit orchards.

Business digest: Call to nominate a deserving business for inaugural award

A new People and Culture Award has been created to celebrate business efforts in the Bay.

Jobs to be created from millions given to timber industry

The funding was announced today by Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones.

'Massive increases': Online spending doubles and saves many Bay retailers

Pedalling their wares online has been what's saved many local retailers from going bust.

Comvita eyes up new industry after 'painful downsize' and is back 'on fire'

Comvita has planted more than six million manuka cultivars around the country.

How these small Rotorua retail businesses have survived decades

Zoe Hunter speaks to some of Rotorua's most enduring retailers