Gumdrops Desserts, a local success story in Hamilton

FROM RNZ: A Hamilton woman who has turned her redundancy into a budding dessert business is encouraging others to look beyond job ads for their next chapter. Donna Williams is among the thousands of Air New Zealand staff to have lost their jobs this year. But despite a year of massive challenges, her new business is taking off - proving to be a recipe for success. https://youtu.be/A6LgnoXisPg Donna Williams: GUMDROPS - Our Story 💜❤️💛💚🧡💙 For most people, our little store has been an evening escape, a post (or pre) dinner treat, a place you can come and ALWAYS find something yummy, but to us its been MUCH MORE than that. This is how Gumdrops Desserts came to be. Thank you all for supporting us and thank you to Checkpoint for putting this story together See Less SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/gumdropsdessert/  
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Hamilton Local Night Bites

See the vendors coming today to Local Night Bites at the University of Waikato Gate 2B for an affordable, family friendly market! Invite your friends, loved ones, and family, and enjoy the evening EFTPOS is available, great parking, and foods that cater to a wide range of dietary requirement. https://youtu.be/q0sii8uzNVA SOURCE
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Take The Cannabis Referendum Quiz and Test Your Knoweledge

How much do you know about the Government's proposal to legalise and control cannabis? Test your knowledge before you vote in the upcoming referendum - then share it with your friends and whānau. www.nzdrug.org/3cqWKso Take the Quiz here: www.nzdrug.org/3cqWKso SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/NZDrugFoundation/photos/a.356164821091637/4520687427972668/  
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New World Glenview Needs Your Help

Unfortunately our little store has been the target of repeated, and aggressive theft in the last few weeks. Sadly people in the community feel that they can take what is not theirs and are willing to hurt our valuable staff in the process! We have great camera footage, witness reports, car regos, and in many cases even know the names of these people! We are asking for your support. Our staff get intimidated and assaulted by these people who think they are ENTITLED to take what they like without paying for it. We are not asking you to put yourself at risk, but rather keep your eyes open and alert staff to any suspicious behavior in store or in the carpark. If you see our staff run out after someone, we ask for your patience as this leaves a void at checkouts or in other departments. And if you KNOW someone that thinks they are entitled to our stuff... can you let them know we have systems in place and their 'light fingered' days need to stop! Let's work together to make…
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Step Up and Save Lives – New Zealand Blood Service

Hamilton needs more plasma donors, in fact 1300 more plasma donors are needed to meet the demand for plasma products in hospitals! To help Hamilton reach this goal we have teamed up with Vahry and with local businesses to get more people in Hamilton to donate. We’re so proud to have local Hamilton businesses getting involved and giving back to the community but we need more. So if your business (or a business you know) is up for the challenge sign up or share this to Step Up and Save Lives today! https://www.facebook.com/NewZealandBloodService/videos/737330820450582/
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Japanese Restaurant Edo in Hamilton

Dear valued customers, With the COVID-19 level dropping down to level 2, EDO Japanese Restaurant will start serving customers in the restaurant in the restaurant from 14 May 2020 ( this Thursday) . We are also pleased to announce that we are now on-license for supply and sale alcohol. We will provide various types of alcohol, including sake, white wine, red wine, beer and other low alcoholic drink in the restaurant. Meanwhile, we are continuing ensuring the health and safety of our customers and staff. Along with our ongoing commitment to maintaining the cleanliness in our restaurant, we have also implemented numbers of additional and proactive Health and Safety measures in-store to ensure we can continue to provide you with the best and safest experience. These measures include: · Our facilities, including the front door, tables and counter will be sanitized regularly – every 1-2 hours · Hand sanitizer is available to be used at the counter for all the customers · We wil…
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There’s a local Spark IT Provider for your business with solutions for your IT and digital needs

Get ready to sort your IT Spark IT are specialists in key business needs like security, continuity, data backup and productivity. We offer a one-hour consultation*, on us, to establish how we can help your business before you make any commitments. Get in touch today. What do you need to get sorted? Cyber security The best defense is prevention. Help protect your business from viruses and security breaches. Productivity and collaboration Getting teams on the right tools to work productivity and remotely. Making video conferencing simple and stress free. Back up and retrieval Getting your business in the cloud and ensuring your files are backed up properly means less time searching paper archives, and the ability to work anywhere. Digitising your business Some businesses need ecommerce, while others just need to be online. Spark IT brings the right digitising solution to your specific needs. Know what you've got Buying and keeping track of IT hardware, s…
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COVID-19 status update for the Real Estate industry

No doubt many of you will have listened to the Prime Minister’s update this evening which has announced that there are 4 cases of COVID-19 in Auckland from an unknown source. As a result, Auckland is moving to Level 3 as of midday tomorrow for 3 days and the rest of New Zealand is moving to Alert Level 2. This means that for Aucklanders (Wellsford to Pukekohe) Physical distancing of 2m again comes into effect Gatherings of more than 10 people are again restricted in Auckland Travelling into Auckland is not allowed unless you live there and are going home Everyone, except for essential workers, should work from home All schools and childcare centres will be closed from tomorrow morning, and Police roadblocks coming into Auckland will be in place from midday tomorrow Please re-fresh yourself with the Level 3 guidelines to ensure you are up to date with what real estate activity can occur at Level 3. Please note, that it is likely that the wearing of masks will be comp…
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