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The Regional Business Partner for Taranaki is Venture Taranaki. Please contact us for more information about the regional partnership or to enquire about a capability assessment.
Venture Taranaki
Contact: Jane Moffitt
Phone: 06 759 5152
Fax: 06 759 5154
countmein@venture.org.nz
www.taranaki.info
Registered service providers for the Taranaki region, who offer services which are eligible for redemption of NZTE Capability Development Vouchers include:
A3 Lean
A3 Lean offers competitive manufacture training and Lean implementation program.
Choose one of our Lean Implementation plans:
- Awareness: series of workshops designed to prepare your staff for Best Practice skills (Lean). We offer Lean introduction, Value Stream Mapping, Strategy Deployment A3, EH&S in Lean, Quality in Lean, Supply Chain in Lean, Lean Lab, Heijunka, Lean Office, Lean Healthcare.
- Kaizen: Make a rapid change in performance in short time, 2 to 5 days.
- Long term Lean Strategy.
- Lean Transformation Journey.
- Business Model Innovation. (CANVAS)
- Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Picture.
- Quick Changeovers program
Address:
20C Kellyville Heights
New Plymouth 4312
Contact:
06 769 5994 or 027 426 5471
Mohamed@abouelkheirnz.com

Action Coach
ActionCOACH is recognised as the world’s number one business coaching organisation and represents 80% of the business coaching and training industry. As a global business coaching and training company, Action COACH has an extended breadth of customers from SME to large corporate, ranging from private to public sector. ActionCOACH is represented locally by a coach resident in New Plymouth who services all of Taranaki. ActionCOACH Coaches are business owners experienced in practical applications to enable local business owners achieve the business and lifestyle they deserve.
Collectively, ActionCOACH has expertise in many differing industries and works primarily with business owners, leaders and entrepreneurs. ActionCOACH provides a group training scheme covering business basics over multiple weeks as well as individual one-to-one coaching
Postal address:
PO Box 3376
New Plymouth 4341
Contact:
06 769 9697 or 021 798 434

Advantage Business
Founded in 1998, Advantage Business is totally independent and 100% New Zealand owned and operated. Advantage’s unique tools and systems have been developed in New Zealand for New Zealand business conditions and have been highly effective in helping hundreds of business owners maximise their potential. Advantage Business is one of New Zealand’s largest non-franchise business development companies.
Postal adrdress:
25 Surrey Hill Rd
Oakura

BDO Taranaki
BDO Taranaki Ltd is a member of a national network of independent member firms, part of BDO International.
We have delivered training and workshops across New Zealand since 2003. Our approach is to partner businesses to develop their people and organisations, by providing Professional Management and Business Skills training.
Qualified Service Categories:
Business Planning, Succession Planning, Family Business, Business Systems, Business Sustainability, Managing Resources, Marketing, Finance, Governance.
We are also certified trainers for the following accounting software package: Xero, Banklink, QuickBooks, Accredo, MYOB, Cash Manager.
Physical address:
10 Young Street
New Plymouth
Postal address:
PO Box 332
New Plymouth 4340
Contact:
06 759 9034
gaylene.findlay@bdo.co.nz
www.bdo.co.nz
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Fast Track
Fast Track regularly help various businesses and we are passionate about assisting them in their plans to develop, grow and innovate. We have both extensive chartered accounting and commercial office experience. Not just theoretical but practical as well. A unique blend of experience and knowledge driven by a genuine desire to help people grow their businesses. Often it is hard to know where to start when setting up your financial systems, and to know what all the masses of "figures" mean to your business. The people we work with daily face the same challenges as you. You can benefit from our collective experience as other business owners do.
We have courses and one-on-one training (we come to you) in business systems, governance and financial comprehension. We want you to understand what all those "figures" mean and how to use them.
"Enabling businesses to better manage their financial processes"
Contact:
06 769 6667 or 06 758 6285
admin@ftss.co.nz
www.ftss.co.nz

Future Edge
For more than 25 years Wayne Morris, the Director of Future Edge Ltd, has worked with organisations throughout New Zealand across many business sectors. He is highly qualified and very experienced and is regarded as a pragmatic and entertaining trainer, coach and facilitator specialising in:
- Leadership development and coaching
- Team learning and development
- Facilitation and problem solving
Contact: 06 753 5914 or 027 242 1580
Leader Management Australasia (LMA)
LMA believe that People are the greatest asset & resource of any organisation. Our unique development process provides instant & sustained improvement in the productivity of your organisation through the development of your people.
We do things differently from ‘traditional training’. Our programs focus on practical application in the workplace, not theory.
Everything about LMA is geared towards immediate & permanent improvement, not Band-Aid solutions.
Our methods work. They’ve been tried, tested and proven for over 30 years. Ultimately you need only to ask yourself, are people important to my organisation?
Physical address:
285 St Aubyn Street
New Plymouth
Postal adrdress:
PO Box 8063
New Plymouth
Contact:
06 757 4664 or 021 845 093
pbroad@lma.biz
www.lma.biz

Macfarlanes Assist
To succeed in today’s fluid marketplace you need to be business-savvy! Let us guide you through the principles of goal setting, team work and productivity and arm you with the tools to implement them. Craig Macfarlane, Managing Director of Macfarlanes Assist has a hands on understanding of the daily operational and administrative challenges that business ownership demands, it is because of these challenges that we provide mentoring and coaching and a wide range of seminars to guide you through these. We also provide affordable administration including Financial Reporting, Budgeting, People and Culture, Business Planning and Marketing.
Physical address:
28 Currie Street
PO Box 8182
New Plymouth 4342
Contact:
06 759 7044
helen@macfarlanes.co.nz
www.macfarlanesassist.co.nz
Off the Planet
‘Amazing results through people and teams’
With a focus on vision, leadership and teamwork, Off the Planet® helps organisations achieve full potential by bringing the best out in their people. We are catalysts for the success of others.
When a company invests in Off the Planet® services it invests in improved human performance. The performance of people is often the telling point of difference between the winners and losers in today’s demanding commercial environment. Organisations with envisioned, aligned and committed staff are the organisations leading the ‘go forward’.
Contact: 06 757 5575
mike@offtheplanet.co.nz
Postal address:
Darnell Chambers,
PO Box 3209
Fitzroy,
New Plymouth 4341

PriceWaterhouseCoopers
PwC Taranaki is dedicated to helping local businesses of all shapes and sizes to succeed. Our experienced team have the skills to help business owners navigate their way through the complex problems they face in today's changing market place. We recognise the potential of our region and are passionate about building relationships that create value.
Physical address:
54 Gill Street
New Plymouth 4340
Postal address:
PO Box 144
New Plymouth 4340
Contact:
06 757 9497
kirsty.v.godfrey-billy@nz.pwc.com
www.pwc.com/nz

Staples Rodway
Staples Rodway are excited to be providing training opportunities and courses to local businesses across a range of Accounting, Tax, and Human Resource-related topics, and look forward to providing New Zealand businesses with the right tools and development opportunities to help them succeed.
At Staples Rodway Taranaki we’re all about people... we work with an extensive range of corporate, not for profit and personal clients, and our offices in New Plymouth and Stratford are led by a group of nine very diverse Directors, and backed by a team of 80-odd professionals – all of them experts in their field... the cream of the crop! We’re big enough to be specialists but small enough to be personal; we’re ‘not so ordinary accountants’!
Contact:
06 757 3155
www.staplesrodway.com

The Marketing Company
The Marketing Company is New Zealand’s leading specialist sales and marketing training company. We are also the leading marketing planning specialist company for New Zealand’s small to medium businesses. We help businesses make more money and save costs through by being smarter in their marketing planning and in their selling.
Qualified Service Categories:
Managing Resources, Export, Marketing, Business Planning.
Physical address:
Business House
1 Moller Lane (off Gover St)
New Plymouth
Postal address:
PO Box 5156
New Plymouth
Contact:
06 751 0418
info@themarketingcompany.co.nz
www.themarketingcompany.co.nz

5 Wise
In a business environment where it can be hard to be enthusiastic about the business, 5 Wise Ltd is providing management support and training to small and medium businesses. 5 Wise has a focus on continuous improvement and a passion for finding solutions by getting the right things done.

Physical address:
4 Tregarth St
St Johns Hill
Whanganui 4501
Contact:
06 345 1140
louise@5wise.co.nz
The Business Centre
The Business Centre was established 8 years ago and provides a wide range of training, coaching and support services to small to medium sized companies in all parts of New Zealand. It has already helped over 7,000 businesses build the skills needed to make their business a success.
Physical address:
Ground Floor
155 The Terrace
Wellington
Postal address:
PO Box 386
Wellington
Contact:
04 494 0990
warwick@thebusinesscentre.org.nz
www.thebusinesscentre.org.nz

CQ New Zealand
CQ selects high achieving business people and leaders to take part in a unique form of business development that brings creative intelligence to business. Growing business and business people by facilitating the process of change. This is learning from real situation in real time with outcomes that potentially triple innovation.
Physical address:
1 Broomhill Road
Highbury
Wellington
Postal address:
P O Box 9637
Marion Square
Wellington
Contact:
04 8018234
jane@c-q.co.nz
www.c-q.cp.nz

Employer’s Chamber of Commerce Central
Bringing you the very best of professional and individualised local support, training, events and networking for enterprises, combined with easy access to regional and national initiatives, lobbying, representation and resources that assist in building enterprise capability and success for all New Zealanders.
Physical address:
Level 2, Lumley House
3-11 Hunter Street
Wellington 6011
Postal address:
PO Box 1087
Wellington 6140
Contact:
04 473 7224
training@eccc.org.nz
www.emacentral.org.nz

GoGroup New Zealand
GoGroup NZ Limited is an innovative group of export assistance companies providing a range of advisory services.
An export company’s needs or those of a fledgling exporter can be met in a variety of innovative ways from 2 hourly sessions, to 12 month NZQA accredited courses.
Physical address:
Level 1, 17 Napier Road
Havelock North 4130
Hastings
Postal address:
PO Box 8-631
Havelock North
Contact:
06 875 8000
info@gogroup.co.nz
www.gogroup.co.nz

The Icehouse
The Icehouse is a business growth centre that includes: business growth programmes for SMEs; a business incubator for start-ups; and New Zealand’s largest group of Angel Investors. It was established in 2001 in recognition of the importance of SMEs to the New Zealand economy.
Physical address:
Level 2, The Textile Centre
117-125 St. Georges Bay Road
Parnell
Auckland
Postal address:
PO Box 4301
Shortland Street
Auckland 1140
Contact:
09 308 6200
info@theicehouse.co.nz
www.theicehouse.co.nz

INTENT Group
INTENT Group leads the field in delivering, building and sustaining improved operational performance. We are passionate about increasing the productivity of New Zealand organisations by assisting companies achieve World’s Best Practice in their business. Our approach is fresh and innovative, combining Lean Principles with hands on mentoring and NZQA accredited training programmes to create more value for customers using less resource and reducing waste.
INTENT Group prides itself on developing the capabilities of your people and processes via mentoring, training and facilitating. We work alongside management to elevate skills and understanding, applying strategic improvement tools and utilising targeted training programmes. All designed to assist you translate boardroom aspirations into operational performance reality.
Contact:
09 523 0366
enquiries@intentgroup.co.nz
www.intentgroup.co.nz

Mindsets Cultural Consultancy
Mindsets conduct training seminars for businesses that are looking at expanding their domestic Asian clientele base, or undertaking business in China. Mindsets’ ‘cultural awareness’ courses are designed for a range of frontline/back office roles in import/export, hospitality, FMCG, financial and government sectors. Courses aim to build loyalty and sustainable relationships.
Postal address:
PO Box 128-286
Remuera
Auckland 1541
Contact:
09 520 4168 or 0508 Mindsets
info@mindsets.co.nz
www.mindsets.co.nz

Organisation Development InstituteWe aim to build capable organisations through growing the capability of their people. We do this by designing and delivering research-informed learning solutions that are based on adult teaching and learning best practices, informed by educational research and supported by leading edge learning technologies.
We offer short courses, custom programmes and the Leadership Development Programme.
Postal address:
PO Box 20395
Bishopdale
Christchurch 8453
Contact:
03 943 2373
info@development.org.nz
www.development.org.nz

New Zealand School of Export
The New Zealand School of Export provides the same professional qualifications for exporters as your competitors overseas receive in their own country. This is because we are the only organisation in New Zealand to have received Accredited Provider status by IATTO – the global body which has led training in international trade since the 1970s. So if you want to raise your game to global standards, talk to us.
Physical address:
New Zealand School of Export
Aokautere Business Park
75 Staces Road RD1
Palmerston North 4471
Postal address:
PO Box 274,
Palmerston North 4440
Contact:
06 356 56 56
info@export.ac.nz
www.export.ac.nz

PYXIS
PYXIS delivers specialist training and coaching services to grow your business. We customise our services to meet your exact requirements. We are experts at identifying and breaking down the barriers that prevent your business from growing to its true potential.
Physical address:
147 Union Line
R.D. 2 MARTON 4788
Contact:
0274 433 908
office@pyxis.co.nz
www.pyxis.co.nz

Vigost
Vigost Ltd is a specialist business planning company that has developed a unique 10 stage program to assist NZ companies develop and implement a start-up or improved export/international strategy. It has been fully tested and endorsed with many NZ companies who face unprecedented changes in their markets and have growth opportunities.
Physical address:
5 Maxine Place
Matua
Tauranga
Postal address:
PO Box 8316
Cherrywood
Tauranga
Contact:
07 576 1403
cliff.osborne@vigost.com
www.vigost.com

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