Business growth

Bay of Plenty small business jobs rose 5.8 per cent and sales grew 5.2 per cent in the year to September, new data shows. New Zealandbased software company Xero has released a special Small Business Insights update, which has been compiled from anonymised and aggregated small business data for the Bay of Plenty. It comes after the region hosted The Xero Roadshow: Tiny Edition in Rotorua,

Whakata¯ ne, and Tauranga last week, providing support for small business owners and bookkeepers alike with questions about how best to manage their business.