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Finalists for New Zealand International Business Awards have today been named.

CleanPaleo founders Mitchell McClenaghan and Ryan Kamins are on a mission to kick the stereotype about the paleo diet.

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An Auckland lawyer has successfully crowdfunded $15,000 to fund a vegan burger truck for his side business.

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Small Business: The Founder and designer of MN Uniform reveals motivations behind the business.

Alan Smith is marketing natural lactose as a product to assist healing wounds.

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Market view statistics during the gastro outbreak showed about an $80,000 drop in retail and hospitality spend.

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Former television presenter Sarah Hall explains why her business is solving a problem for dog owners.

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An electric tuk tuk business is facing speed bumps ahead of the summer tourism boom.

Art gallery owner Lisa Voigt sheds light on New Zealand's growing art industry.

Find a marketing or sales strategy that is already working well and then put it into action in your own business.

NZ economy is dominated by small firms, and the Business Herald is putting the spotlight on some of them in a regular feature. Today: BeezThingz.

Kiwi companies can benefit by getting behind newcomers, writes Rob Webb.

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