Pressure to shave millions from budgets is forcing TVNZ to consider some radical ideas, John Drinnan writes.

British food companies are selling products which contain meat from thousands of miles away but labelling them "British" or "traditional".

The extreme Lemon Detox Diet, popularised by singer Beyonce, is under investigation in New Zealand for promoting dangerous weight loss.

Not every child in the world is obsessed with hi-tech games consoles to the exclusion of more traditional toys.

Air NZ and Progressive Enterprises took top honours in the Marketing Association's RSVP and Nexus Awards for response-driven marketing.

The creator of The Apprentice has given the NZ version a big thumbs-up, says gossip queen Rachel Glucina.

Vodafone and Two Degrees are launching offers specifically for disgruntled Telecom users in light of recurring disruptions to the XT network.

Skellerup, the agricultural and rubber goods maker, has begun to pull out of the worst impacts of the global recession, reporting a $3.28 million net profit after tax for the six months to December 31.

A new high-tech marketing tool has hit New Zealand.

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Buzz ... the list of places to promote your business online appear almost endless.

Newcomer mobile company 2degrees says it has signed up 206,000 active customers in its first six months.

A new survey of 520 NZ companies finds 67 per cent have no policies to regulate staff use of social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter.