Urgent help, grants sought as lockdowns impact struggling SME community

Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date October 21, 2021

More than a third of small to medium enterprises do not have an online presence, despite many seeing the benefits of the internet.

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National Party board denies it unanimously agreed to Collins’ Faustian bargain with Satan November 26, 2021
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