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Hairdressers brush up on techniques
The staff at Hair Technique have been working on improving their skills.

Recruitment company offering more options
AWF's Whanganui office is expanding the services it offers businesses and job seekers

Being a first-time business owner
Blank Kanvas owner Wendy Johns is getting to grips with running her own business.

More pain at the pump: 91 fuel creeps past $2.40 a litre
Motorists are once again feeling the pinch of petrol prices.

NZ Oil & Gas starts drilling south of New Plymouth
The well will be drilled to a depth of more than 3,600 metres.

Government looking to invest more in region
Whanganui business leaders have been encouraged to apply to the Provincial Growth Fund.

21,000 Spark customers' details for sale on dark web
List for sale on the dark web.

Business Zen: Does your business have the X factor?
Reality Tv has given Russell Bell an insight into business strategy ...

Winter visitors give Ruapehu $8.25m boost
Collaborative approach to marketing pays off for Ruapehu region.

But new owners plan to give 148ha to appropriate iwi
The timing wasn't right for Whanganui iwi to buy Whanganui District Council forest land.

Workshop on e-commerce with China
Whanganui businesses are invited to a workshop on e-commerce with China.

Business owner forced staff to cook, clean his house
A migrant employer has been convicted of exploiting 12 Indian workers.

Jeremy Tauri: Part-time now rare for most businesses
Comment: Anything less than 20 hours a week is a rare in working life today.

Explained: What happens if you die without a will?
Data shows that few young people have a will.

Chefs out in force at Chef's Kitchen opening
Whanganui's Chef's Kitchen is open for business from September 15.

Whanganui accounting firm leads way
Prue Anderson Accounting is an early adopter of Inland Revenue's new tax system.

Ian McKelvie: Rural outlook encouraging
Lamb, venison and kiwifruit best performers over past year as export returns increase.

Frank Greenall: Try counting what matters
Economic commentators are conflating what is better termed economic "churn" with growth.

Creaming it: 6000 Fonterra staff earn at least $100,000
Twenty four staff on at least $1 million.

Raetihi's Angel Louise Cafe has new owners
The Angel Louise Cafe in Raetihi has new owners.

Marton Countdown's quiet hour a success
When the lights are on and glare reflects off the floor, it hurts so much Hunter screams.

Growth spurt for Milk It, Baby
A Whanganui business is selling lactation assistance products around New Zealand.

The Whanganui-made alternative to plastic bags
Sustainable Whanganui back calico bag line.

Insurance warning: 'People being priced out of the market'
Some Kiwis are being priced out of the house insurance market, finance minister warns.

Waverley students abuzz over beeswax wraps
They were provided with the materials to make the sustainable product by Comvita Kiwi Bee.

Beauty clinic opens in historic building
Neeti Gautam has opened beauty clinic Beautyology in the Ladies Rest building.

Russell Bell: Cut down our 'tall poppies' and we are left with weeds and thistles
Negative comments ignore all the hard work, sweat and tears that go into achieving success