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Podcast · Vanuatu
VANUATU: How does a business incubator foster innovation and creativity?
Launching a business isn’t for the faint-hearted. Many hours of sweat and tears go into getting a business idea off the ground. Some entrepreneurs choose to go at it alone but not everyone has the combination of skills, resources and networks to take their business to the next level. That is where business-growth organisations like…
3 May 2021
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Podcast · Cook Islands
COOK ISLANDS: Best tools and tips to upskill your career & business
When it comes to future-proofing your people and business, upskilling is the way to go. In this episode, we talk to Eve Hayden, CEO at the Cook Islands Chamber of Commerce about upskilling; what it is, how you can upskill yourself and your people, what tools there are available, and why training should be included…
19 April 2021
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Business innovation across the Pacific Islands: BLP podcast series 5 launches
Kickstarting April with a bang, BLP’s podcast hosts’ Barbara Wilkinson and Richard Busby are thrilled to launch series five, which is all about business innovation across the Pacific.
6 April 2021
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Why gender equality and social inclusion is important for business
In this final episode, of season four of the BLP podcast, we hear from Kara Klassen, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Advisor for BLP.
30 November 2020
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Best practice HR for SMEs in the Pacific Islands
Episode five, season four of BLP's podcast, we hear from Belinda Botha, Founder/Owner of Side Dive Munda & Dive Munda Consulting about best-practice HR and how SMEs throughout the Pacific can "bounce back better" from the 2020 global pandemic.
17 November 2020
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Podcast · Fiji
FIJI: The future of business - recovery and opportunities post Covid-19
In this episode of the BLP Podcast, Barbara Wilkinson, BLP Business Advisor talks to Kameli Batiweti, CEO of Fiji Commerce & Employers Federation (FCEF) about the current business environment in Fiji.
2 November 2020
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How to manage communications during a crisis
Maria Ronna Luna Pastorizo-Sekiguchi, Founder/Creative Director of The Greenhouse Studio talks to BLP about managing communications during a crisis.
19 October 2020
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Podcast · Cook Islands
Business Link Pacific Podcast starts a new series today
BLP has prepared for you six interviews dedicated to understanding the impact of Covid-19 in the business community throughout the Pacific Islands, and to highlight the local strategies that are paving the way to business recovery. In the new series, our partners, business advisors and staff tell us how resilience, imagination and solidarity have kept…
21 September 2020
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Podcast · Vanuatu
VANUATU: BLP's impact, changes & opportunities for SMEs
The Vanuatu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) are Business Link Pacific’s in-country partner in Vanuatu, assisting us in delivering the BLP programme and services to the small-medium sized enterprise sector.
7 September 2020
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Podcast · Papua New Guinea
PNG: Building capacity and sustainable opportunities for SMEs
All businesses should pay special attention to obtaining, improving and retaining the knowledge and resources needed to operate efficiently. However, small to medium sized businesses in particular have to be creative in the way they do this, often because of limited time and resources.
24 August 2020
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Podcast · Fiji
FIJI: Providing business advice for indigenous SMEs
I.Naiveli & Co Chartered Accountants and Business Consultants are the first indigenous-Fijian (i-taukei) owned firm to be issued a Certificate of Public Practice from the Fiji Institute of Accountants, operating in Suva since 1992.
14 August 2020