Get Investing: Alistair Bean & Associates

Alistair Bean, Managing Director at Alistair Bean & Associates says, “it’s a great time to be investing in the stockmarket and managed funds”.     As a Financial Adviser, Alistair says, “It can be difficult to see past a media gloom fest. The current investment opportunities are driven by global low interest […]

Helping grow your wealth: Alistair Bean and Associates

“I make investment decisions so you don’t have to,” says Alistair Bean of Alistair Bean and Associates – Financial Advisers. Alistair understands you want top-performing investments, but you’ve got better things to do than be hands-on managing your investments every day.     While Alistair is an overachiever professionally, with 37 years’ […]

Solid Business Growth: Eastmure & Associates

Chartered Accountant Peter Eastmure is proud of the boutique accountancy firm he has spent over ten years building. It’s the kind of firm that is tailor made for the SME. Relationships are central to the success of any business and this is true of Eastmure & Associates, and its clients’ businesses.   […]

A Winning Journey: LINK

“It was totally unexpected, but absolutely thrilling.”     Katherine Shepherd, Sales Manager of LINK Christchurch and South Island, recalls the moment at last month’s international conference in Bangkok when her team was announced as the global winner of the LINK Spirit Award. “There are 28 LINK offices around the world, so […]

Relief in sight: Dakins

Like it or not, it’s a fact of life that some things just cannot wait, and there’s no sight more reassuring or relieving than a line-up of portaloos, should you find yourself at some outdoor event where the crowd number is in the thousands!     The people to thank for providing […]

Where travel dreams lie: House of Travel Ferrymead

Anticipating a longed-for adventure should be a significant part of the joy of travel. So committed to this concept are Mel Hubber (nee Lowen) and Kim Beswick, co-owners and consultants of House of Travel Ferrymead, that they have redesigned the store around their clients’ comfort and relaxation.     “We have come […]

Business greats hit Christchurch

Former Christchurch High head boy Jake Millar is a 23-year-old with a $9 million video company and the world at his feet, so why is he bringing some of the world’s most successful business leaders back home? To teach New Zealand businesses about failure.     Millar’s commercial baby is Unfiltered which, […]

Hot Business Property

Christchurch is embracing the burgeoning international trend of co-working, with savvy businesses snapping up shared spaces throughout the city.     Businesses both big and small are taking up the clever co-working concept, which can prove to be a more simple, cost-effective and flexible way of operating.   1. Evil Genius Bar […]

Legal firm’s rising stars: Papprills Lawyers

This month Papprills Lawyers celebrates 125 years of providing legal services to the people of Canterbury.     In 1891, Ernest Edward Papprill was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court. In 1894, he established his own law firm in Kaiapoi and, to this day, Papprills has an office […]

Cut through the legal jargon: Kannangara Thomson

By Kannangara Thomson Partner Brent Selwyn  At Kannangara Thomson we have a point of difference which not all law firms have in that as many as nine different languages are spoken in our offices. As a firm we also have a by-line “we speak your language” which is a play on words in […]