Pacific Islands Business News from Business Link Pacific

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

Case study · 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

Podcast

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

Case study · 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

News

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

Case study · 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

News

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

News

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

Case study · 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

News

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

News

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

News · Solomon Islands

A challenged world is an alert world!

This upcoming International Women’s Day is all about uplifting and celebrating women in leadership, in business and in our communities. Over the next couple of weeks on our blog and across social media we will be celebrating just some of the many fantastic women in the #BLPnetwork and the BLP team who are not only…

1 March 2021