Results

2023 Budget Update

Regional Business Partners

Looking to start, grow or develop your business?

We’ll connect you with the right people, information and resources to support your next steps.

Otago Regional Business Partners is one of the 14 regional growth agencies that make up the Regional Business Partner Network.

As our name suggests, we service the Otago region, and our contract is held by Business South Inc.

It is our goal to be the one-stop shop for small to medium Otago businesses to connect to the right advice, the right people, and the right resources. Working together, we want to help your business survive, revive, and thrive.

This is what we are good at.

News

Keep up-to-date with the latest business news, industry developments, successes, submissions and media releases.

Contribute to valuable business data gathering

Business Health Check Launches

Business Health Check self assessment tool

Call for Nominations: Business South Board 2023

Call for Nominations for Business South Board 2023

Small Business

Small businesses are creative, innovative and dynamic, and are key drivers of economic growth. In fact, small enterprise is often referred to as the ‘engine room of growth’.

Did you know…

Small enterprises represent over 97% of New Zealand firms, and more than half of all Business South members.

Sustainability

A commitment to sustainability minimises harm to communities and the natural environment – it also increases business resilience and innovation, and can give you a competitive edge.

Applications to Initiate Bargaining for an FPA

Annual Report 2023

Business Advocacy

We are proud to be the voice of over 1,300 businesses in the south and to represent business interests in government, locally and nationally.

We are here for businesses to share your insights (what keeps you awake at night) so we can advocate for you to minimise barriers, ideally before they arise.  

By activating your voice Business South advocates your business issues with decision-makers in local and central government.  

November 2023 Quarterly Southern Business Survey

Quarterly Southern Business Survey Results November 2023

Resources

Our range of resources cover a wide range of business essentials – including HR and legal templates, recordings of informative webinars … and much more.

Fair Pay Agreements

The Government has recently passed the Fair Pay Agreements legislation. The introduction of FPAs is one of the most significant changes to New Zealand’s employment relations system.

Interested in hosting a BA5?

Quarterly Southern Business Survey Results: February 2023

Quarterly Southern Business Survey Results: May 2023

Grand Business South Awards 2023- Recap

Call For Nominations – Business South Inc. Board 2022/2023

Resource Management Reform

Incorporated Societies Act Seminars

Young Enterprise Scheme Student Fuelling Teenagers’ Lifestyles … and Learning

Central Otago Golf Tournament 2023

Sustainability at Business South

Plastic Phase Out: Guidance for Sellers and Manufacturers on Products Now Banned

Plastic is one of our greatest environmental challenges. It regularly ends up as waste in our landfills, our moana and whenua. Difficult to recycle packaging and products can interfere with our recycling systems and are often used only once before being disposed.

Resource Management Act reforms

Business Payment Practices disclosure scheme update

New partnership with Waitaki District Council

Exports Crucial to NZ Economy: ExportNZ Pre-Election Report Released

September Quarterly Southern Business Survey Results

Quarterly Southern Business Survey Results September 2023

Noel Leeming & Warehouse Stationary Friends and Family Sale

Research and Development

Access a range of supports and grants suitable for all stages of the business lifecycle below.