Pacific Islands Business News from Business Link Pacific

News · Cook Islands

COOK ISLANDS: Upskilling Micro Businesses for a sustainable future

Cook Islands Chamber of Commerce CEO Eve Hayden teamed up with Brendon Welsh, Training and Programme Manager, to develop an innovative training programme aimed at upskilling the many micro-business owners in the Cook Islands. They applied to Business Link Pacific for assistance through the subsidy programme to ensure business owners could attend the programme.

24 May 2021

News · Samoa

SAMOA: Marketing through social media – how Treasure Box ‘Cracked the Code’ with help from BLP.

Planned to have your wedding in Samoa but along came COVID-19? A beautiful wedding ring set from Treasure Box could just be the perfect way to at least have a little bit of Samoa on your big day.

10 May 2021

News · Cook Islands

COOK ISLANDS: Business 101 in CI

Question: What do you call a one-day crash course designed to give attendees a better basic understanding of subjects like business planning, business accounting and financial management, business marketing and business technology?

26 April 2021

News · Fiji

FIJI: Saving the planet, one discarded tyre at a time

Sagufta Janif, founder and director of The Fusion Hub in Fiji, is a woman on a mission. Oozing enthusiasm for her social enterprise and the things they could do, not to mention the things they are doing, which are many. Saving the Pacific one discarded tyre at a time, The Fusion Hub is spinning gold…

12 April 2021

News · Cook Islands

COOK ISLANDS: How to balance work & family commitments when running a business

Balancing work and family life is often one of the most stressful elements of starting and running a business in today’s productivity-driven society. Women are especially burdened with the balance of their roles due to both cultural and socioeconomic expectations. For Iokopeta Williams, BLP Business Advisor and owner of Iokopeta Williams Accounting the secret to…

29 March 2021

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Understanding gender bias through examples and empathy

Barbara Wilkinson, Professional Development Advisor at Business Link Pacific works incredibly hard to educate and support business advisors throughout the Pacific Islands.

26 March 2021

News · Vanuatu

VANUATU: The power of partnership & BLP’s GESI strategy in Vanuatu

Since the beginning, Business Link Pacific has worked hard to recognise and address the critical role that Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) plays within all spheres and contexts when working with SMEs in the Pacific.

22 March 2021

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Why Smitha Shanbhag chose a career at Business Link Pacific

For Smitha Shanbhag, Business and Stakeholder Manager, gender equality, social inclusion and supporting the less advantaged is what attracted her to apply for a job at Business Link Pacific in Auckland, New Zealand.

19 March 2021

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Business success for women - Deepika Dave’s journey at BLP

Today, we have a chat with Deepika Dave, Business Operations Coordinator at Business Link Pacific in Auckland, New Zealand. Deepika tells us about her journey into the role at BLP and how she is contributing to an equitable future in a Covid-19 world.

15 March 2021

News · Samoa

SAMOA: Female entrepreneurship - how Jacinta Vaise has improved her Samoan business in times of hardship

International Women’s Day may have past but for the month of March, we’d like to continue highlighting some of the incredible women leaders, business owners and entrepreneurs in the #BLPNetwork.

12 March 2021

A woman is learning from her workmate about the new project

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BLP chooses to challenge inequality by weakening the existing barriers for women in businesses

Business Link Pacific works to help create an inclusive business world. One way we choose to challenge inequality is by creating services that weaken the existing barriers for women in businesses.

8 March 2021

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News · Fiji

FIJI: How Jessica Gounder is working on achieving gender equality in a Covid-19 world

In continuation of celebrating women in leadership, in business and in our communities during the lead up to International Women’s Day (8th March 2021) we interviewed Jessica Gounder, Communications Office for BLP and the Fiji Commerce & Employers Federation (FCEF) on how she is working to achieve an equitable future in a Covid-19 world.

5 March 2021