And just like that… it’s spring.
The birds are chirping a little louder, lambs are wobbling across paddocks, and you can feel that spark in the air. New life. New energy. New jobs landing on the desk with a little more urgency than they had a week ago.
A new law has just passed Parliament on 20 August 2025, awaiting Royal Assent and set to come into effect the day after, ushering in a new era of pay transparency for businesses nationwide.
The Employment Relations (Termination of Employment by Agreement) Amendment Bill aims to let employers start confidential exit talks without needing a formal dispute first.
Make it Happen Signage Consultancy UK announced the official launch of its first online training course, The Sustainability Bootcamp. This online course is designed to provide individuals and corporations with convenient and sustainable access to online learning.
There’s a lot happening across the country as we work to stay connected with our members and deliver value where it matters. From regional meetings to new partnerships and upcoming webinars, we’re focused on the things that make a real difference for sign businesses.
This month, I found myself in the middle of three very similar conversations with sign shop owners, all about the same thing: losing a job to another shop and watching the client get something… well… far less than ideal.
When we talk about health and safety, the conversation usually goes straight to working at heights, manual handling, or staying safe on-site. But there’s another kind of risk that’s just as real and far less talked about: burnout, and it doesn’t just affect your team. It affects owners, managers, and business leaders too.
The last month has been a whirlwind of activity as we ran and subsequently recovered from the biggest events in the industry calendar – the 2025 Sign Makers Conference and Awards of Excellence.
Fifteen sign shops were presented with their official Master Sign Maker plaques at the 2025 NZ Sign Display Awards of Excellence in Nelson on 14 June.
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