The idea of co-working, different businesses and individuals operating side-by-side under the same roof, is an on-the-job style which has gained momentum and converts over the past decade.

While The Settlement co-working space may have more mature businesses than its sometimes perceived hotbedness of start-ups, that may be about to change.

The socialisation, all-in-one bill and lack of loneliness aspects of co-working are some of its many benefits.

The often barely noticed fire detection control box at the entrance to commercial buildings is sometimes referred to as a ‘grudge purchase’.

Before embarking on spending serious money making a product, “make sure there is a market for it,” says Pertronic founder and owner David Percy.

An ‘aha’ moment for Technology Valley Wingate-based Pertronic was a decision to concentrate much less on the China market.

Continual research and development is one of the key factors behind Pertronic’s growth to number one in New Zealand fire detection control equipment.

Eight years ago Sharee Wilkinson married a crazy idea to an existing business, and started on a journey that's eyeing a revolution in the international beauty business.

Since establishing the Moka eyelash brand in 2016, Technology Valley Silverstream-based founder Sharee Wilkinson has mostly self-funded what she’d like to be a New Zealand wide manufacturing business.

Many pieces of Sharee Wilkinson’s Moka Lashes start up business are coming together as she kicks off her luxurious possum-fibre, flax-glue eco alternative.