Digital inefficiencies cost millions

A new survey shows that Kiwi mid-market businesses lose millions of dollars annually because of ineffective digital solutions. The MYOB-commissioned survey says Kiwi employees waste an average of 12.5 hours weekly (75 working days annually) on manual or repetitive tasks due to digital inefficiencies. For businesses with 100 employees, that’s roughly $2.2m per […]

Top chefs at Cancer Society fundraiser

Three award-winning Canterbury chefs will entertain guests at the Cancer Society Canterbury-West Coast Division’s fundraising dinner event “Too Many Cooks” at the Majestic on Durham on Saturday October 9. “We wanted to take the traditional fundraising dinner and add something special,” the Division’s Manager for Fundraising, Communications and Relationships, Heather Locke says. “We […]

New WORD festival dates

The WORD Christchurch Festival will now go ahead from November 10 to 13, with an amended programme of venues, events and speakers to be announced soon. The same week as Show Weekend for Cantabrians, the festival may be slightly scaled back. Programme co-director Rachael King says there will be minimal disruption for those […]

Exploring art space

A vibrant new road mural is brightening up Christchurch’s red zone, with the artist Dr Suits hoping it will help encourage people to explore the space. An abstract artwork, Crossings, painted on Burwood’s Corserland Street – a road that leads through a range of public activities facilitated by landowners Toitū Te Whenua LINZ […]

Classic, cosy cardigans

The perfect trans-seasonal wardrobe piece, a good cardigan will take you through the transition from winter to spring in style. They are the perfect in between layer, light and cosy while still adding enough warmth for cooler evenings. We are loving the pretty pinks and neutrals coming through, although you never can go […]

From sporting to frivolous: The Fitting Room

Lingerie and lockdowns – what’s the link? Confined to homes and professional lives experienced through video meetings changed the way women like to feel. Non-wired bras and sports bras have increased in popularity exponentially since the pandemic. As daywear became more comfortable and tailoring languished in the closet, bras followed suit becoming an […]