Walk into the Brebner Print premises in Napier and you’ll find the hum of high-tech presses, the sharp scent of ink, and a team that knows how to hit a deadline. But look a little deeper, and you’ll discover a business doing much more than running off brochures and business

Some people grow into business. For Sharon Smith, it was more like she was born into it. Long before she founded SDS Advisory – a Hawke’s Bay-based virtual CFO and bookkeeping service – Sharon was shadowing her father, Chris, in the family business, Russell Roads. While other kids might’ve been

Like their stunning homes, the foundations of Design Builders were carefully laid – and over the past three decades, they’ve been built upon with precision, vision, and a very Kiwi kind of ingenuity. It started in Hawke’s Bay in 1992 when Andy Bell rebranded his family construction business to better

In just thirteen years, Hastings-based Oneshot Earthworks has made a name for itself in Hawke’s Bay’s competitive civil, commercial and residential sectors. Led by founder Kale Atkinson, the company specialises in subdivisions, siteworks, retaining walls, earth walls, anchor pile drilling and general earthworks, with a growing fleet of modern equipment

You wouldn’t usually associate insurance advice with surfboards and boot camps, but then again, Andrew Davies doesn’t exactly do things by the book. As founder of Tidal Life & Health, an up-and-coming Hawke’s Bay-based life insurance brokering firm based in the heart of Havelock North, Andrew is making waves by

For Jess Shaw and Jessie Parker, launching Vesta Finance & Advisory wasn’t just about going out on their own. It was about doing finance differently. After nearly a decade each at BNZ, Jess in Business and Commercial Banking, Jessie in Personal and Private Banking, they saw firsthand the challenges ambitious

The Surveying Company HB Ltd has earned its reputation as Hawke’s Bay’s most trusted name in surveying through a mix of technical excellence, forward-thinking innovation, and a deep connection to the community. Founded in 2000, the company has grown and evolved with the times, combining decades of hands-on experience with

In a short space of time, HouseMe has become a name Hawke’s Bay knows well. You’ve probably seen the show homes on display at HouseMe’s prime location on Karamu Road, but what you might not know is that Hawke’s Bay has turned into the company’s top-performing location nationwide — a

Built on experience, backed by insight, focused on doing right Ryan McBrearty and Ashley Rowe are proving to be a formidable duo, quietly disrupting the local insurance broking scene with a fresh, client-first model that draws on decades of combined experience, not just in broking, but from inside large corporates