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Final 2024 ExportNZ Breakfast HOT

Join us for our ExportNZ Breakfast with Lyttelton Port’s CEO, Graeme Sumner. For a morning of valuable insights and networking.

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Our Business Canterbury events team would like to wish you a big thanks for your attendance and support throughout 2023. Our programme of events has now finished for the year but pop back in January for an update of what's happening next, starting with 'Back to Business 2024'. Seasons Greetings to you all.
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NAVIGATING BUSINESS CHANGE

Join us for this very special event designed to help your change journey succeed. ** NOW SOLD OUT **

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You can find ALL our upcoming events on the Business Canterbury Eventbrite page.

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Networking and Events: Business Canterbury has a range of offerings that allow for sharing among like-minded people, encourage sales connections and help keep you informed about what's going on in the business world. Check-out ALL our upcoming events on our Eventbrite Page ⭢

Learning and Development: We provide quality training programmes to help Canterbury businesses build more capable teams through content that is practical, relevant and responsive to current business needs. View ALL of our learning and development programmes ⭢
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🎓 Wed 27 Nov | ChristchurchHR Essentials

A 1-day workshop that covers all the essential HR tools and approaches you need for your business.

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📆 Thu 12 Dec | ChristchurchEnd of Year Networking - Christmas Edition CA5

Join us for a very special Christmas CA5 for members to embrace the chill, and spread the Cheer! 

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Upskill Yourself & Your Team

The Chamber, now known as Business Canterbury offers quality training programmes to help Canterbury businesses build more capable teams. Our programmes are designed to be practical, relevant and responsive to current business needs.

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"The most valuable skills I have learnt from Social Medial Mastery are defining content, Insight into creative tools, ChatGPT and creating a brand personality.?"

 

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Recent Event Flashback

  • Navigating Business Change 2024
  • Back to Business 2024

Navigating Change

For people and organisations ready to develop their approach to change, our recent session with Lucy and Denise and provided some great insights. Designed to help lead businesses through the current and upcoming challenges,  this popular session was elevates resilience across organisations.

Learn More about this session >


Thanks to our Strategic Partners for their support to bring this event to our members.

Strategic Partners

 

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Back to Business

In February we held our Back to Business event at Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre. It was an evening filled with insights, connections and presented our new Business Canterbury brand identity. For those who missed out, below is a snapshot from the event and you can read more in our article here.

A big thanks to our event partners Mint Design, Anzco and Enable.

Benefits of attending Back to Business - 

  • Great for networking and making connections

  • Knowledgeable Key Speakers 

  • Capture useful business insights to apply to your day to day operations and future planning

 

 

Recent Event Flashback

NAVIGATING CHANGE

For people and organisations ready to develop their approach to change, our recent session with Lucy and Denise and provided some great insights. Designed to help lead businesses through the current and upcoming challenges,  this popular session was elevates resilience across organisations.

Learn More about this session >


Thanks to our Strategic Partners for their support to bring this event to our members

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Recent Event Flashback

BACK TO BUSINESS 2024

In February we held our Back to Business event at Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre. It was an evening filled with insights, connections and presented our new Business Canterbury brand identity.

For those who missed out, below is a snapshot from the event and you can read more in our article here.

A big thanks to our event partners Mint Design, Anzco and Enable.

Benefits of attending Back to Business - 

  • Great for networking and making connections

  • Knowledgeable Key Speakers 

  • Capture useful business insights to apply to your day to day operations and future planning

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Come Along to CA5

Join other Chamber members for the chance to network at different locations each month. CA5 events are hosted by our members for our members. Meet new people, grow your network and enjoy some drinks and nibbles.

This month's hosts are Canterbury West Coast Air Rescue and ANZCO Foods.

Canterbury Insights Forum

Canterbury Insights Forum

Our Canterbury insights forum will explore the trends, outline what is going well, and identify where we are facing challenges.
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Westpac Smarts - Economic Update Breakfast

Hear from Westpac NZ Chief Economist and Westpac NZ Market Strategist