Fruitbowl - Fresh Ideas from Hawke's Bay

Hello Fruitbowl, I own two businesses that specialise in Audio and Visual products/technologies. One being a nationwide distribution company the other a retail operation (both based in Napier). We are looking for a business mentor that can help us take both companies through the next stage of growth. Can any company / anyone on Fruitbowl recommend someone that they have had a GREAT experience ...Read more

Local lads Ben Warren and Taine Randell were the headline act on TV3’s 60 minutes. Ben has initiated a health programme with amazing results in Flaxmere. Former All Black captain Taine Randell and Flaxmere icon Henare  O’Keefe also got in behind and participated in the health programme. Attn! marketing pr’s Kate de Latour put a PR plan in action that included local and ...Read more

I met Sarah Alexander-Willcox this week, MD of public relations consultancy, PR ink – the new kids on the block in the Hawke’s Bay marketing scene. And I asked her to tell us a bit about herself: “We’ve been in the PR industry for years so our team are very experienced and “pretty damn good” – as our clients keep telling us. We are passionate about communications and have ...Read more

For those of you I haven’t met, my name is Belinda Henley. I am a relatively new arrival to the Bay, moving here at the end of last year. That’s me on the left. My background is as a print and broadcast journalist, I have worked for networks like CNN, the BBC, Reuters, Associated Press and Al Jazeera in London and Los Angeles and have also worked on and off for TV3 for the past 14 ...Read more

Hastings District Council Appointments Committee chair, Mick Lester, is delighted with the outstanding calibre of appointees to the newly established Hastings District Properties Limited (HDPL). Last week, Council approved the selection of four directors to the company board. They are independent directors Peter Snelling, David Mackersey and Rick Cranswick, and senior Council planner Mark Clews ...Read more

National IT service company CodeBlue is celebrating the appointment of two key individuals joining the Hawkes Bay team, which significantly increases its ability to keep pace with the demand for CodeBlue services. The addition of two highly experienced IT practitioners, Rohan Bowyer (Client Manager) and Paul Matthews (Senior Trusted Advisor), brings a great deal of capability to an already ...Read more

Hawke’s Bay born and bred Fiona Hosford has been importing fabric from the famous Finnish textile company Marimekko for almost ten years. Piece Ltd started in Auckland in 2000 but Fiona and husband Aaron couldn’t resist the pull of Hawke’s Bay and so returned to live and work here four and a half years ago. Fiona has been successfully distributing the fabric to designers ...Read more

It’s great to see another successful Hawke’s Bay boy returning to his roots. Taine Randell is back playing and coaching at his old Flaxmere rugby club, MAC. With the former All Back captain’s help, MAC’s premier side is hoping to turn around a dismal couple of seasons in which they haven’t recorded a win. Go Taine! Go MAC! Read more here ...Read more

A young fashion entrepreneur is looking to make the hottest fashion labels accessible to fashion fanatics everywhere at the click of a mouse. The just launched www.wight.co.nz sells a range of carefully selected edgy and bold New Zealand and international labels, including Cybèle, Maurie and Eve, The Cassette Society and POP! Eyes.  The selections are complemented by the jewellery line House ...Read more