Businesses are paying their bills in record time, with the forestry and agriculture sectors wining the prompt payment stakes while the transport industry is a distant last place, says credit checking agency Dun & Bradstreet.

Warren Adamson is sales director for winery Craggy Range.

Maniototo in Central Otago seems an unlikely place to set up an online business, but for dog lover Rose Voice, the isolation has proven no barrier to success.

More than three-quarters of business owners want easier access to expert training help, but value for money and time away from the business remain issues, according to recent research.

Experienced, well set up, established and organised: Plantae sales and marketing manager Janelle Priest talks about attributes to look for in a partner.

You have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince, says Sharon-May McCrostie, on the subject of finding good overseas distributors.

Duo use techniques from reality-TV shows to help companies tell their stories.

Judy Knott and Mary McDonald are the co-founders of Auckland-based businesses JCL Education, an education consultancy, and Fabulous Favours, a wedding favours provider.

A Tauranga-based business that quickly turns around corporate presentations says it has helped global clients win more than $1 billion of projects.

New Zealand coffee machine supplier Espressoworkz has been sold to an Italian beverage giant.

A company which sacked its general manager because he did not fit in with the company, even though he was a "nice person", has had to pay the man more than $36,000.

A cafe worker who had her pay cut when she was pregnant and was then not given regular shifts after having her baby has been awarded more than $13,000.

Fewer workers are being caught on drugs, despite workplace testing becoming more prevalent, latest figures show.

Is the Government going soft in handing out R&D funding to an outfit that inhabits the fuzzy cultural realm, rather than the hard-edged commercial world?

We put a huge amount of emphasis on our front line people. They are the most important asset in our business because they're the ones who are out there delivering our service, creating our success and our long-term sustainability - not me.

China's shifting emphasis on consumption could be a golden opportunity for New Zealand companies, says a visiting trade delegation.

A constant time challenge shared by managers is delegation. Trouble is, it’s not an intuitive and natural skill for most.