Waikato companies keen to break into the UK market are being encouraged to enter a new UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) business plan competition. Opportunity Hamilton business development manager Adrian Dixon said the Go UK competition is a chance for... more...

Opportunity Hamilton has been acknowledged for its role as the business engagement face of RWC 2011 in Waikato. The economic development agency was the official business engagement provider for RWC2011 in the region, helping local Business Club members... more...

A shoe-string budget has not stopped a Hamilton mother whose child care clip invention is taking the world by storm. Bianca Richardson, of InKIDable Solutions Ltd, used her personal $30 weekly spending allowance to develop the Houdini Stop car seat... more...

Educating SMEs on the business capability support available to them is a key focus for the new manager of Regional Business Partners Waikato. RBP Waikato manager Novell Gopal joined Opportunity Hamilton recently to manage the initiative giving regional... more...

Cleaning up Waikato River will have positive economic impact for Hamilton and the region, starting with a multimillion dollar funding pool for clean-up projects. The Waikato River Authority is calling for applications for a new funding pool to be... more...

Opportunity Hamilton chief executive Sandra Perry has resigned from the economic development agency after 12 years with the organisation. Sandra will don her new hat, as Waikato Chamber of Commerce chief executive, on December 12, replacing the outgoing... more...

Datacom’s decision to build a $30 million data centre in Hamilton sets the city apart globally and brings it closer to becoming a technology leader in the South Pacific, says Digital Hamilton manager Nicola Browne. Nicola, of economic development agency... more...

A proactive investment in wireless and ultrafast broadband is paying dividends for Hamilton Girls’ High School by giving students and teachers virtual on-line classroom access at any time and information at their fingertips. Hamilton Girls’ High School... more...

Waikato showing the world it can fly A local strength in a sector can be developed to benefit a region and the country as a whole, if there is vision and collaboration for growth. Since 2009, Hamilton City Council has invested in its economic development... more...

Opportunity Hamilton is delighted to have supported Datacom in its recent decision to bring a data centre to the city. The announcement was made following the company's winning bid to be the government's preferred supplied of cloud and datacentre... more...