When Matt Sanders returned to Hawke’s Bay in 2021 to open a Beca office, he started with a team of four, a desk at Hastings Hive, and a simple ambition: build something genuinely useful for the region. Five years on, the team has grown to around 20 people, they’ve moved
Paul Michaelsen has spent more than three decades learning, in very practical terms, what it means to put a client first. That ethos shapes everything about HBMI, the business he founded in 2017 after 25 years inside the banking sector. Paul started as a bank teller in Hastings in 1992
How Mark Watkins helped grow Advanced Plumbing into one of the region’s leading trade businesses More than sixty staff. Three of the biggest active construction projects in Hawke’s Bay. A Taupō branch, nationally award-winning tradespeople, and a project list that stretches from geothermal power stations to helicopter-access-only lodges deep in
For fifteen years, Dustin Watts operated in the background of some of the most high-profile lives on the planet. The kind of work where discretion is not a professional courtesy, it is the entire product. Where trust is built quickly or not at all, and where the gap between thorough
You may have heard Milford’s radio ads or seen them on TV sponsoring One News weather. Milford is a name many Kiwis recognise – and now they are a part of the Hawke’s Bay community! From humble beginnings, Milford was founded with a simple but ambitious vision: to help New
For much of its long history, Midlands has been a quiet constant in the regional investment landscape. Founded on conservative principles and backed by bricks and mortar, the Hastings based investment manager has spent decades doing what it does best, helping everyday New Zealanders earn steady returns from property backed
In an industry built on machinery, margins and momentum, Hire Away is proving that how you do business can be just as important as what you hire out. Based in Napier and servicing clients across Hawke’s Bay, the Dallimore family-owned business supplies diggers, trucks, excavation and landscaping equipment to the
Immigration has long been a quiet enabler of regional growth. Increasingly, it is becoming a strategic issue for businesses that rely on skilled people to grow, compete, and plan for the future. For Hawke’s Bay employers navigating an evolving immigration landscape, Luscombe Legal has become a trusted partner, helping them
There is a certain confidence that comes from learning business the hard way. On the tools. On the phone. Knocking on doors. Hearing no, then going back again. For HydroGo founder Cole Dallimore, that confidence arrived early. Still in his teens when he launched the business, Cole has built what
When Jo Dowley talks about the brain, she doesn’t begin with theory — she begins with people. Their stories. Their stress. Their strengths. Jo has reframed her career more than once, each time stepping back in order to take a significant step forward. Her latest chapter is ReFrame Lab —
