Sleepyhead, one of New Zealand's last big privately owned manufacturers, has unveiled aggressive expansion plans as it prepares to open a new $35m bed factory in Melbourne.

Canary Enterprises' success is built on taking a familiar product, then adding value.

Lots of people start new businesses. Not so many sell them for more than $10 million. Two sisters tell Christine Nikiel how they did it - and why lunch matters.

New Zealand tourism businesses and manufacturers that export to Australia are expected to be the winners from a strengthening Australian dollar.

Exports were up 15 per cent or $405 million in August from a year earlier to $3.2 billion, led by higher prices for dairy products.

Christchurch company that make tools for surgeons is exporting almost everything it makes.

The GPG shake-up is long overdue.

Lower taxes from foreign investors have helped push NZ's current account deficit up.

Energy-saving lightbulb maker survived tough times thanks to keeping a close eye on cashflow.

Fisher & Paykel has shown off the result of 17 years of top-secret research, saying its new compressor is a revolutionary change.