Business Assistance

So what assistance is available to businesses operating in Northland? The following regional and national sites can provide you with assistance and information for your business.

Northland also has a strong base of private professional business services including accountants, legal firms, management, marketing and public relation consultants, recruitment companies, training and education providers, bankers and real estate agents.

Related Websites

Northland

• Enterprise Northland: The Business Assistance Directory
  The regional economic development agency, Enterprise Northland, provides an online service designed to assist you in finding professional advice on starting, developing or expanding your business.
• Northland Chamber of Commerce
  The Northland Chamber of Commerce is the “BIZCentre” for Northland providing information, referrals and assistance for both Government and private sector services, including funding.
  It also runs business networking activities, provides a range of opportunities for Chamber members to advertise their services, represents local business on issues of strategic importance to this region and much more.
• NorthTec
  View North Tec's range of business related courses
• Export Assistance
  Assistance for existing or potential exporters
  
• BizNorth
  BizNorth provides training to Northland businesses - from strategic planning to exporting, sales prospecting and health & saftery, and much more. Biz North is Northland's approved Enterprise Training Provider funded by New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
• Gilmore Brown
  Gilmore Brown has offices in Dargaville, Kaitaia and Whangarei and  specialises in Chartered Accountancy and Business Advisory services.
• Howarth Poutsma Arden Ltd
  Advice on planning and then monitoring your business growth, including advice on business development and profit improvement strategies and more, with ffices in Paihia and Kerikeri
  
• Assist You
  Whangarei based Assist You, provides Office Systems and Computer Training throughout Northland

National

• business.govt.nz
  The New Zealand government business site with information and tools designed to help you start, manage or grow your business and deal with the day-to-day challenges along the way.
• Business Mentors New Zealand
  Business Mentors New Zealand is a free mentoring service for small businesses that employ less than 25 people and has been operating for more than six months. This service is facilitated in Northland by Enterprise Northland.
• Inland Revenue Department Te Tari Taake
  The Inland Revenue Department site will be useful if you are running a business and also if you employ staff. You will find information about your tax obligations including income tax and GST as well as finding out information about provisional tax and e-commerce implications.
• Department of Labour Te Tari Mahi
  The Department of Labour provides information, services and support to employers and employees on almost all aspects of work, for example productivity and skills needs.
• WorkSite PaeMahi
  WorkSite combines the resources of a number of Government agencies to provides information about education and training, career planning, finding work, finding employees and establishing and operating a business as well as publications and other information about working in New Zealand.
• New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
  New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) is the New Zealand government's national economic development agency. You will find information about, for example, small business advice and information, getting business start-up training, finding a partner or investor and e-businesses.
• Accident Compensation Corporation
  The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) administers New Zealand’s accident compensation scheme which provides personal injury cover for all New Zealand citizens, residents and temporary visitors to New Zealand. In return people do not have the right to sue for personal injury, other than for exemplary damages.
  Find out about your responsibilities as an employer for providing your employees with both a safe workplace and ACC for work-related injuries.