Small Business Expo will be biggest for business

Small Business Expo will be biggest for business

This year’s Small Business Expo – being run in Auckland for the third successive year and expanding to Wellington and Christchurch for the first time – is the largest event held for business in New Zealand. Over 2,500 people have already pre-registered to attend the Auckland event and more than 12,000 are expected to attend all three expos.

The Vero Excellence in Business Support Awards will be announced at a gala black tie event on 31 May at the ASB Showgrounds as part of the Small Business Expo.

With over 200 exhibitors, this year’s Small Business Expo is simply brimming with ideas and information for owners of small to medium-size businesses according to organiser Sarah Trotman.

As Trotman explains, most business owners frequently think about growth, retaining customers and improving their business but many are so caught up in the day-to-day running of their business that they can’t find the time. The Small Business Expo fills this gap.

The National Bank Seminar Series has 40 experts presenting highly-usable ideas and facts – the seminars run for all three days of the expo and there are also a number of information zones for business including the Statistics New Zealand Business Information Zone, the Ministry of Economic Development’s ‘Fast Track Your Business’ Zone, the Vero Business Support Zone, the Te Puni Kokiri Maori Business Development Zone, the Vodafone Business Mentoring Zone and a new Business Brokering Zone (in Auckland).

Trotman adds, “With the support of our sponsors Vodafone, Vero, apnfinda, OGGI and Newstalk ZB, the event will be bigger and better this year and we urge all business owners in the greater Auckland area to mark the dates 30/31 May and 1 June in their diaries to make sure they allocate the time to participate in the most useful business event they’re likely to attend this year.”

The event is being held at Auckland’s ASB Showgrounds from 30 May until 1 June, in Wellington’s TSB Arena, Queens Wharf, from 18-20 July and at the Christchurch Convention Centre from 29-31 August. Tickets are $20, available at the door and include attendance to all three days of the expo, all the exhibition halls and The National Bank Seminar Series.

The Small Business Expo 2007 website has full details of the speakers and topics being covered in The National Bank Seminar Series. From the website, www.businessexpo.co.nz prospective attendees can:
- book exhibition space;
- purchase tickets online;
- pre-register for specific sessions of The National Bank Seminar Series;
- pre-register for free appointments in the Business Brokering Zone and the Vodafone Business Mentoring Zone.

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