It’s definitely tough out there for many businesses right now. Staff and material shortages are the latest in a long line of COVID-related blows to the business community and that means more pressure on staff and owners to keep putting the ‘open’ sign up.

Yet while we can’t do a lot to control the economic climate, business owners can do …

Right now, it feels like we are at peak pandemic.

2 years of rules, restrictions and having our lives turned on their heads and now the virus is with us like an unwanted relative that’s invited themselves to stay and arrived on the afternoon that we’ve just run a marathon.

So, what can we do to help navigate…

“How are you?”

This question is part of our Kiwi DNA. We ask it several times a day, but what do we do if the answer is “actually not that great” or “mmm, OK”?

Firstly, it’s important to remember that everyone on the planet has ups and downs - it's a fact of life. Yet now, thanks to COVID, so many of us are experiencing new, real challenges…