Matt Chat: Will you be open for business this summer?
We can count on your hands the number of weeks until Christmas 2021. It’s during the warmer summer months where the industries who are most impacted by Covid-19 restrictions can…
Matt Chat: Vaccinate to get our freedoms back
This Saturday is a nationwide vaccination drive, Super Saturday, to encourage greater uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine. Summer is just eight weeks away and we need everyone to get their…
Matt Chat: Tips for retailers to withstand economic crisis
Retailers are often the first to feel an economic crisis as people tighten their wallets until there is more certainty. COVID-19 lockdowns were tough on retailers as many were unable…
Matt Chat: Tips for businesses owners to manage wellbeing
Whether it is supply chain issues, staff shortages, or constantly re-evaluating strategy with new information, business leaders are particularly stressed out more this year than previously. A common issue is…
Matt Chat: Tauranga’s events are fighting back after COVID-19
It was a nervous time for Becks and Amy from The Makers in early February 2020 when the Government started to close its borders to certain countries in response to COVID-19. They had been planning…
Matt Chat: How to recruit more applicants to job vacancies in 2021
It is a buyer’s market throughout New Zealand where skilled and experienced people have plenty of job options. Many businesses want to grow by employing more people, but they are…
Matt Chat: Small businesses feeling the credit crunch for SME lending
Businesses need credit for many reasons, particularly if they want to buy a new asset, fund their growth, or to help with immediate cashflow issues. It can be a slow,…
Matt Chat: Can the Commissioners rebuild trust with the business community?
Tauranga Chamber of Commerce recently held the first public event with the Tauranga City Council commissioners, as a way for our business community to connect to these important figures. Our…
Matt Chat: Hospitality businesses holding on tight this winter
Tauranga’s hospitality businesses generally had a big summer. We are fortunate that our tourism economy is more reliant on visiting Kiwis than international tourists. The city was packed during the…
Matt Chat: Tauranga’s great traffic bottleneck
We live in a beautiful place with meandering harbour and estuaries, but it makes for an ugly transport network. Traffic bottlenecks are inevitable at Tauranga’s key pinch points, especially during the peak…