Topic “In the News News” — Exporter Magazine

Now they’re drinking our organic espresso in Kuwait. Kiwi coffee company Franchise Development Ltd (FDL) has opened its first Esquires Coffee House in the Gulf state bringing the brand’s Middle East presence to 12 stores.

Merlot.aero, the New Zealand-based software company with the world’s first fully cloud-based system airline operations management system, is to open its first formal international office, on the back of the announcement of a significant multi-million dollar win in the USA.

The New Zealand maker of scales for weighing cattle and meters for measuring animal milk output – Tru-Test Group – has won the supreme award in the Air New Zealand Cargo ExportNZ Auckland Awards 2013.

Now is the time for New Zealand businesses to be setting up operations in China, but cultural differences need to be addressed, says visiting global business risk leader.

Stanley Chang, Grant Thornton International global business risk leader, said China’s strong growth prospects over the next five to 10 years and the growing average disposable income are reasons why businesses are moving to China not just to produce, but to sell.

New Zealand designers and suppliers of jewellery, yacht masts and aeroplane safety checks are doing such good business on distant shores; and they are among the finalists in the Air New Zealand Cargo ExportNZ Auckland Awards 2013.

A business trip to India, organised by ANZ Bank, has generated new business for several customers who took part.

In late April ANZ took 13 New Zealand businesses, including meat, dairy, wine, fruit and juice exporters, on an eight-day trip to India.