Our Story Your Story - Waikato Business News 25 Years
It’s a proud moment for any company to stand up and say ‘we have been serving our business community for more than 25 years’. That is the case with Waikato Business News. In that time our editors have featured many strong and exclusive stories covering the exciting business within the region, and we have built up a loyal group of advertising supporters. In our special feature “Our story Your story - 25 years” we cast our eye back over a quarter-century of business in the Waikato, and we profile many of the business leaders well known in the community, who make our region a shining light in the country.
It’s a proud moment for any company to stand up and say ‘we have been serving our business community for more than 25 years’.
That is the case with Waikato Business News.
In that time our editors have featured many strong and exclusive stories covering the exciting business within the region, and we have built up a loyal group of advertising supporters.
In our special feature “Our story Your story - 25 years” we cast our eye back over a quarter-century of business in the Waikato, and we profile many of the business leaders well known in the community, who make our region a shining light in the country.
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Ebbett Group<br />
defined by growth, innovation,<br />
and progress<br />
There are always<br />
challenges in business –<br />
it’s how you respond that<br />
determines success.<br />
The Ebbett Group, with the surety of its deep<br />
roots and loyal customer base dating back to<br />
1928, has faced down the challenges of 2020<br />
and focused on investment to position itself<br />
strongly for the future.<br />
Not only have the Ebbett Group taken the<br />
opportunity to undergo a complete update of<br />
their own brand, they have taken on a range<br />
of new car brands, brought a new dealership<br />
on board and accelerated the building of new<br />
premises, including doubling the size of their<br />
VW dealership at the new site in Te Rapa.<br />
And, if that wasn’t enough, the Group have<br />
plans in place to continue the pace of growth<br />
and development through 2021. Those plans<br />
include a large scale head-office dealership<br />
development next to Volkswagen in Te Rapa,<br />
due to open in March, which will feature an<br />
on-site paint and panel facility and a tyre shop.<br />
This expansion will be followed by a brand<br />
new multi-franchise development in Pukekohe<br />
as well.<br />
Even General Motors stopping the sale of new<br />
Holden vehicles in New Zealand in 2020 was<br />
a challenge they met head-on by advocating<br />
strongly for Holden owners and taking on the<br />
role of HSV national parts distributor. With<br />
these moves, Holden fans and customers<br />
can rest easy knowing the Ebbett Group<br />
is committed to supporting their Holden<br />
ownership experience long into the future.<br />
In June, Karamu Holden in the Hawke’s Bay was<br />
brought into the Ebbett Group and rebranded<br />
as Ebbett Hawkes Bay. New brands were<br />
also introduced throughout the North Island,<br />
with Kia and MG in Pukekohe; Hyundai and<br />
Isuzu in Tauranga; Isuzu, Seat, Cupra, and GM<br />
Special Vehicles in Hamilton; Kia and Nissan in<br />
Wellington; and Renault in Hawke’s Bay.<br />
In addition, upon Ebbett Skoda moving to their
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