Susan White has resigned as Chief Executive of Business Hawke’s Bay, the region’s business-led economic development agency. 
 
Mrs White, who took up the position in July 2013, has been instrumental in seeing the agency grow from a team of two to five, and played a pivotal role in the establishment of the Hawke’s Bay Business Hub in Ahuriri where BHB and 14 other business support services are now co-located.
 
Her last day will be 7 April and she will join FPG as its global marketing director on 10 April.

Read more coverage here 

For Clearview Estate owners and founders Tim Turvey and Helma van den Berg the nearby sea gave them plenty to talk about when they hosted a group of nautical visitors on Thursday.

The Te Awanga coastal spread is home to the vines which have sparked a series of awards and accolades for the wines they produce, and it is that unique sea breeze location which Mr Turvey relishes in creating vintages with a point of difference.

So he had plenty of nice things to say about the ocean - as did his guests, who took time out from what they had arrived in the Bay to pursue.

Twenty-six championship-seeking sailors and their families here for the Lexus of Hawke's Bay Flying Fifteen Nationals being hosted by the Napier Sailing Club and their supporters took time out from the sea to ... hear about the sea.
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Read the full story here in HB Today.

Kite recently worked with Michelle and Aaron Duncan to share the good news about the two awards that Freenergy Solar Solutions was awarded at the recent SEANZ industry awards. It is definitely a good news story so we were delighted to help.
Here's Hawke's Bay Today's take on it.

Business Hawke's Bay is undertaking a business connectivity project to give Hawke's Bay business travellers a voice. Kite helped put those words together in a release for media. Here's Hawke's Bay Today's take.
​You can read our media release here

Wonderful to see Clearview Estate take out Champion Wine of the Show at the New Zealand International Wine Show. Check out what HB Today had to say here.

Great to see Monique Buurmans getting exposure for her new driving service for business travellers. Check out what HB Today had to say here.
Kite has worked with Monique to update her website that promotes all her services, including the new business and expanded touring options.

We've enjoyed working with Shona Jones and Dr Karen Cooper over the past few months to help launch and promote their specially developed decision-support programme that allows Māori land trustees to sharpen their business skills and increase the productivity – and profitability – of their land.
Together we've developed a website and then spread the word via media and targeted direct email. Learn more about it here. 

We were impressed at the string of successes that our client HB Business Hub has achieved in its first year of operation. These were presented at an event last week and HB Today covered some of the 'scoreboard' successes in an article.

Celebrating the first anniversary of the Hawke’s Bay Business Hub from left) Susan White, CEO Business Hawke’s Bay, Paul Manaena, managing director of Laser Plumbing and Electrical, Leonie Wallwork, Regional Business Partners, Reihana Manaena, electrical manager of Laser Plumbing and Electrical, and Sally Duncan, sales and marketing director of Te Mata Estate.

Clearview Estate Winery winemakers Tim Turvey (rear) and Matt Kirby were on hand to oversee the bottling of the Black Reef Blush 2016. The story behind this award-winning wine is fascinating and various media, locally and nationally picked up our release.

It's been a 'productive' week in Hawke's Bay for business and we've helped Business Hawke's Bay share this news! On Monday three local businesses who are participating in the High Performance Work Initiative made progress reports to programme manager Elizabeth McInnes of Callaghan Innovation. This was covered in HB Today.
And yesterday and today, 13 businesses are honing their lean skills at a Better by Lean workshop that aims to identify ways to improve productivity, eliminate waste, and boosting profitability. All About Hawke's Bay picked this up.