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CLIPPINGS
Local and International News
Outdoor power movers & shakers
DANE AMBLER IS (right) the new
Executive Director at Buy NZ Made. Having launched and managed the successful ShopKiwiNZ campaign for the organisation, growing it to more than 2,600 businesses, a former BusinessNZ comms advisor, Dane’s CV also features time at the National Business Review as a journalist.
Dane replaces the organisation’s ED of the
last three years, Ryan Jennings (far right), who you could credit with raising the profile and usefulness of Buy NZ Made from virtual obscurity. Ryan is now Provost of Caché, which he describes as “a cohort-based course that helps Kiwi business owners uncover the hidden sales and marketing value inside their business”.
Ryan de Goede (left) has joined Kärcher New Zealand in the new role of Key Account Manager Professional. Kärcher is aiming to back up the investment in its product range with additional support for its strategic customers, over and above what it already offers through the four Kärcher service and sales centres, territory reps and service technicians. Ryan’s CV includes the last five years as Territory Manager and BDM with cleaning
and hygiene specialist Diversey in Auckland.
Gavin Riddle (right) is the new Chief Executive Officer of landscape design-build-care provider Natural
Habitats. Originally from South Africa, Gavin emigrated to New Zealand with his family in 2007. Armed with 30+ years’ experience in civil engineering contracting (including 13+ years with Fulton Hogan) and business management, Gavin is also a voluntary Board Member of Mates in Construction New Zealand.
OUTDOOR POWER RETAILING
Growth in retail apprenticeships
MERGER FOR PRO
CLIMB AND TREE CARE
AUCKLAND
ESTABLISHED AUCKLAND TREE care management services operations Pro
Climb and Tree Care Auckland have merged.
So, from May 2021, customers have been accessing tree care services directly from
Pro Climb to be carried out by the dedicated Pro Climb and Tree Care Auckland team. There’s also a new website (below) from which to select services. www.proclimb.co.nz
FOX & GUNN is now New
Zealand’s official and exclusive distributor of Sqwincher, Ergodyne and Greven safety products.
Ergodyne is a range of innovative and well-crafted safety gear for
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ALTHOUGH THE CORE of our readership are servicing dealers whose staff need to be armed with
practical and technical knowledge and skills, they have to start somewhere.
So, did you know that more than 700 retail apprentices are embarking on their training journey this year?
Did you even know there were apprenticeships in retail?
“It may be a surprise to many Kiwis that there is a retail apprenticeship, and such a comprehensive range of nationally recognised training and qualifications,” admits retail ITO Service IQ’s Andrew McSweeney.
The workplace-based ServiceIQ Retail Apprenticeship results in the award of two New Zealand Certificate qualifications over the two-year on-job programme.
After completing their apprenticeship, employees will have knowledge and skills applicable across the wide range of modern retail businesses and environments.
A few of the aspects the apprenticeship covers include sales and business performance, team leadership, staff performance, applicable legislation, stock maintenance and loss prevention, and customer experience, service, and complaints.
www.serviceiq.org.nz/training/retail/
Fox & Gunn plays safety card
professionals, Sqwincher is an electrolyte enhanced drink for effective hydration and, last but not least, Greven skincare products for before, during and after work offer solutions for many of the primary causes of occupational skin problems.
www.foxgunn.co.nz