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20 Bay Harbour News Wednesday March 10 2021 Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz 20 NEWS Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz CONTENT MARKETING Every business should have a mentor • By Ellen Pender OUR CANTERBURY Mentor Team has a pool of over 260 business mentors who gift their time, skills and expertise to support local businesses. Operating a business is no easy task, let alone doing it through a pandemic. Having an experienced mentor available to listen and guide you through some of the challenges can make all the difference. Business Mentors New Zealand is a nationwide organisation dedicated to delivering mentoring services across Aotearoa. In Waitaha Canterbury Business Mentors New Zealand operates out of ChristchurchNZ, the city’s sustainable economic development agency and is an ChristchurchNZ is helping identify opportunities for people to reskill and move into other sectors integral part of the Regional Business Partners Programme, connecting businesses with the right advice, people and resources. Higher unemployment impacts more significantly on those in lower skilled roles and our vulnerable populations – Māori; Pasifika; young people not in Independent employment, mentors education listen and or training; and our long-term Mentors provide confidential, unemployed. What is the role of a business mentor? guide people on their business journey. one-on-one assistance for small business owners, who are trading, want to grow or need And what are we doing? We are supporting the journey Mentors can also help to reduce for labour market priority groups – school leavers, tertiary The graduates, strength of NEET our service (young people not in employment, education or training), impacted workers, Māori and industry. help to solve a specific business challenge. the stress and loneliness that is often faced by many business people. comes from these wonderful mentors, who are the real heroes. They spend many hours guiding, supporting their mentees and willingly sharing their expertise. To ensure work isn’t duplicated, and to identify gaps, we are mapping the support available from iwi, central and local government agencies, our education providers, charitable trusts, and other support groups. Impact projects can then be delivered to provide support where needed. It is critical we ensure our community has access to the information they need, and is aware of the help available. ChristchurchNZ is developing regional information resources and working to ensure this gets into the hands of business. those who need it. Ellen Pender, ChristchurchNZ business mentor manager This creates positive impact for the businesses and often results in strong relationships and mutual respect for each other. It is common to have clients reregistering for a second or third time to continue developing their Register to be a mentor or find a mentor at businessmentors.org.nz Who are the mentors? The business mentors are diverse as the business people they support, with both generalist and specialist business skills. Canterbury’s team of volunteer We are also mentors developing offer their tremendous a skills, experience, and generosity Regional to Workforce support a wide Plan range that of businesses including start-ups, identifies small the to skills medium available businesses and with needed now less than and 20 in staff, the not future. for profits and social enterprises. This plan will We receive inform ongoing central interest government to join investment our mentor team and from a diverse range of business policy in professionals, education, some immigration retired, and community some still actively interventions; involved business. and will enable It is humbling us to to better meet these understand generous what people skills and hear their stories; some had a mentor Christchurch’s themselves future when economy they were will require. starting That out and in turn now want will to pay it forward and share their allow us skills. to work with education providers Others to ensure find they have right some spare time and want to support courses are others offered. to succeed, understanding the enormous value that small businesses add to our economy In times and of recession the essential we contribution generally of the not-for-profit sector to the see an increase wider community. in people choosing to study. This is an opportunity to upskill Canterbury’s relatively poorly-educated workforce for our future economy, to generate more and better jobs, to increase productivity, and to raise living standards and wellbeing. We are supporting Ngāi Tahu’s development of an iwi skills hub that will create stronger pathways for young Māori into tertiary education and skilled jobs. How can I register for a business mentor? When clients register on our website for a mentor, they pay a one-off registration fee of $295 plus GST. This gives them up to 12 high-growth months access to areas. a mentor We are who will help develop them as a business seeking owner to future-proof focussing on the areas Canterbury’s where they lack labour the skills mark or confidence. - we know how vital it is to How new jobs do you to ensure match people a business with a employment options now mentor? in Every the client longer has term. a unique perspective, the challenge is to understand what can be done to help We and have what invested mentor will in best a cityinnovation suit their needs. This is why we contact each client and to fully entrepreu discuss their ecosystem application partnership and talk through to the mentoring process prior to finding high-growth a mentor. potential bus and We regularly future job ask for creation feedback in to see what progress is being made and of regional frequently receive strength comments and gl about growth how opportunity. helpful and valuable These the service has been. Supernodes are Aerospace We Future can Transport; help Food, F We are passionate about helping and Agritech; the business Health and not-forprofit Resilient community Communities; to survive and an Tech thrive and are very aware of the High-Tech Services. delicate balance that is required to achieve that. A mentor might be just what you Our need, business one of our attraction clients said te recently, working “everyone to attract in business addition should have a mentor.’’ businesses Whether you’d and like jobs to work to the with a mentor or become a mentor, please register at: While www.businessmentors.org.nz we expect ongoing economic disruption, ther are many green shoots and opportunities – one of wh to develop a workforce tha A highly business skilled mentor and can can sup help you thriving and globally com future economy. Among other projects, we are working with education partners and mana whenua to increase aspiration and participation of students in low-decile schools in future-focused tertiary study that Karen Haigh is a Talent Specialist for Innovation Ellen Pender is business mentor and Business manager Growth at at ChristchurchNZ
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz Wednesday March 10 2021 Bay Harbour News 21 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 12/3 ACROSS 1. It could be solo with first single (5) 4. Study a class that will adapt to the pattern (7) 8. Different notes may be issued at the start (5) 9. How could early bit seem so confused? (7) 10. Start to form when part of the contest is put back (3) 11. Retain a quarter, one is told, to speak in public (4,5) 12. Weight allowance that may be made for a weed (4) 13. It may give one an idea part of the ulcer is returning (4) 18. Could expand on tale a bore is rendering (9) 20. Hero with team finishes with a measure of resistance (3) 21. Go where not wanted in order to get under it (7) 22. Sort of athletic event that’s on record (5) 23. Could grant me an item of apparel (7) 24. A man who’s up to being a mosstrooper (5) DOWN 1. Being absent-minded like a knitting bee, say (4-9) 2. Is prejudiced about rail being affected by sun (7) 3. Irritable as the City can get at losing one (6) 4. Make a rough repair to the stone in the street (6) 5. Tell authority of tiny changes to be made (6) 6. Poor merchant who can offer one an ear-shell (5) 7. A troublesome person marks mice, if he is put to it (8-5) 14. It is spotted as being unchangeable, one is told (7) 15. A component part of program is endlessly moulded around it (6) 16. A progenitor needs the right to be a sort of partner (6) 17. Communication from a character (6) 19. Communion table one will soundly change (5) SUDOKU Fill the grid so that every column, every row and 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9. QUICK CROSSWORD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Across 1. Notable (6) 5. Understated, lowkey (6) 8. Biblical vessel (3) 9. Sign, token (6) 10. In its original place (L) (2,4) 11. Leave out (4) 13. Nail treatment (8) 14. Frank (5) 15. Streaked cat (5) 19. Daring adventure (8) 21. Diminutive (4) 22. Gentle, easily managed (6) 23. Parrot (6) 25. Take legal action (3) 26. Grief-stricken (6) 27. Christmas decoration (6) Down 2. Very poor, awful (7) 3. Globe (3) 4. Seasoned sausage (6) 5. Thin (6) 6. Skills for surviving in the wilderness (9) 7. Subsequently (5) 12. Hesitant (9) 16. Wound covering (7) 17. Most recent (6) 18. Confidential (6) 20. Coastline (5) 24. Cooking utensil (3) CODECRACKER QUICK CROSSWORD Across: 1. Famous, 5. Subtle, 8. Ark, 9. Symbol, 10. In situ, 11. Omit, 13. Manicure, 14. Blunt, 15. Tabby, 19. Escapade, 21. Tiny, 22. Docile, 23. Repeat, 25. Sue, 26. Bereft, 27. Tinsel. Down: 2. Abysmal, 3. Orb, 4. Salami, 5. Skinny, 6. Bushcraft, 7. Later, 12. Tentative, 16. Bandage, 17. Latest, 18. Secret, 20. Shore, 24. Pan. CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 1. Whist 4. Conform 8. Onset 9. Betimes 10. Gel 11. Hold forth 12. Tare 13. Clue 18. Elaborate 20. Ohm 21. Intrude 22. Track 23. Garment 24. Rider DOWN 1. Wool-gathering 2. Insular 3. Tetchy 4. Cobble 5. Notify 6. Ormer 7. Mischief-maker 14. Leopard 15. Module 16. Parent 17. Letter 19. Altar TARGET aces aches calls calms case cash chase chasm clams CLAMSHELL clash hales hams heals helms hems laces lames lams lase lash leash mash mesa mesh sachem sale same scale scam schema seal seam sell shale shall sham shame shell shellac slam small smell MEDIUM HARD EASY TARGET L E A C S L H M L Good 26 Very Good 33 Excellent 38+ ALL PUZZLES © THE PUZZLE COMPANY How many words of four letters or more can you make? There is at least one nine-letter word. Each letter may be used only once and all words must contain the centre letter. No words starting with a capital, no plurals ending in s unless the word is also a verb, e.g. he fires the gun.
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