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News · Samoa
SAMOA: C-Bloom Café – one cappuccino please!
Faith Purvis makes a great coffee out of her new machine, with her new coffee cannisters and her supply of fresh delicious coffee. Just ask her regulars! C-Bloom Café is perfectly situated to serve bank staff and customers and visitors to the township of Salelologa, Savai’i. “The C is for Coffee, and Bloom because it…
23 August 2024
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News · Cook Islands
COOK ISLANDS: Mint Beauty
Mint Beauty was unashamedly born of an obsession – an expensive obsession. Owner Jasmin Beer took her obsession in hand and turned into a business. She still gets to shop but no longer keeps all the things she buys – her lucky customers do!
12 August 2024
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News · Papua New Guinea
PNG: MADD Consultants & Associates Growth by Design
Well-established registered architectural design consultancy business MADD Consultants & Associates started life in the shadows – as many small businesses do – while founder Winter Taniti Robert honed his professional skills in full-time employment. Registering as a business in 2015, in 2020, Winter took the plunge and quit his job to devote his attention and…
23 July 2024
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News · Solomon Islands
SOLOMON ISLANDS: Solfresh Products
SOLOMON ISLANDS: Fresh ideas from Solfresh Products
18 June 2024
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News · Tonga
TONGA: Vava’u Marine Services Ltd
TONGA: Floating ideas become floating reality in Vava’u
10 June 2024
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News · Niue
NIUE: Wahoo Fishing Charters off to a flying (fish) start
What a silly question. Do you catch different fish at night? Clifford Marsh, owner of Niue Wahoo Fishing Charters, laughs and politely replies, “Yes. Very different.” Having been in operation for around four years, doing much the same as other fishing charter operators in Niue, Clifford was keen to establish a new product to make…
31 May 2024
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News · Cook Islands
RAROTONGA: A new tourist attraction - Vanilla
In 2017 Lafala Turepu set up her vanilla plantation, in Matavera, Rarotonga. It takes about two years for vanilla plants to establish before they are productive, however Lafala’s first crop was harvested in 2019 and by the time it was dried the borders were closed. It was a challenging time, but it’s amazing how things…
25 May 2024
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News · Cook Islands
COOK ISLANDS: Digging deep to grow and thrive
Teava Jnr Iro, Maria Maoate and family are the dream team behind AVA Excavations Ltd in the Cook Islands. Based in Titikaveka, Teava and his awesome crew do the hard yards managing all earthwork projects, such as clearing land, carting away vegetation, and generally prepping building sites prior to construction. Maria works behind the scenes,…
3 May 2024
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News · Vanuatu
VANUATU: Vanua Soap - a small business that just keeps bubbling along!
Vanua Soap is a little soap business in Luganville, Santo. We interviewed entrepreneur Joelle Kamata, the mastermind behind the business, to find out what makes Vanua Soap keep bubbling along. Here’s what she said:
6 April 2024
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News
Happy International Women’s Day 2024 from the BLP Network
March 8 marks International Women’s Day 2024. This year, the theme is “Inspire Inclusion”, aspiring to create a world free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination. In other words, a gender equal world.
7 March 2024
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News · Kiribati
KIRIBATI: 7s Ruby’s Accounting Firm - a family practice
Etita Ruby laughs as she describes how her seven children named the firm. No prizes for guessing why it’s called “7s”! Three of Etita’s children now work in the firm, making it a true family enterprise. Etita became a Business Advisory Service Provider – BASP – for Business Link Pacific in 2022, and her contract…
6 March 2024
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News · Samoa
SAMOA: Zero experience necessary- financial service experts talk Xero training
In earlier stories, we discussed the benefits of Xero for small and medium-sized businesses and clarified what we mean by “migrating”. In this third story in our Xero series, we talk to BLP-approved financial services advisors in Samoa about what sort of training businesses can expect once they decide to make the move to Xero.
14 February 2024