The Icehouse Kiwi Business Stories

Kiwi Business Story: Effective Leadership Programme – Gemco Group

Mark Witkowski is Construction Foreman for Gemco Construction Ltd, part of the Gemco Group. Based in Havelock North in Hawke’s Bay, Gemco is a fully established construction ...

Kiwi Business Story: Coworking Space – Spoke Phone

By Ben Whittacker-Cook on 18/02/21

Spoke Phone is a mobile-first business phone system that offers the same features and integrations available to desktop users via their mobile phones. Kieron Lawson is the CTO ...

Kiwi Business Stories: Leadership Development Programme – SD European

By Ben Whittacker-Cook on 10/02/21

Justin Daly is the Operations Manager of Hamilton-based automotive specialists SD European. The family business provides servicing and vehicle repairs, dismantling and sources ...

Kiwi Business Stories: Owner Manager Programme – KingSt Advertising

By Ben Whittacker-Cook on 02/02/21

Chris Williams is the owner and CEO of KingSt Advertising, a full-service advertising, media, marketing, design and digital agency in the central North Island of New Zealand. ...

Kiwi Business Story: Owner Manager Programme – United Machinists

By Ben Whittacker-Cook on 28/01/21

Sarah Ramsay is the Chief Executive Officer and co-owner of the award-winning United Machinists. The Dunedin-based business precision engineer critical components for many of ...

Kiwi Business Story: Taking Your Business Forward – Vinoflow

By Ben Whittacker-Cook on 20/01/21

Simon Stock is the owner and founder of Vinoflow, a crossflow filtration service which purifies and clarifies wine for New Zealand’s winemaking industry. Simon was a winemaker ...

Case Study: Xero Scholarship and Owner Manager Programme – Parallaxx

By Ben Whittacker-Cook on 16/12/20

Andrew Young is Design Manager at Parallaxx in Auckland. Working with New Zealand’s biggest construction and engineering companies, the business provides technology-based ...

Case Study: Business Coaching – Taranaki Instrument Services

By Ben Whittacker-Cook on 09/12/20

Chris Watson is Business Manager at the award-winning Taranaki Instrument Services (TIS). Based in New Plymouth, TIS provides industrial instrumentation, electrical and control ...

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