The Week Ahead

The focus of the week ahead seems to be targeted very much on developments offshore.

As part of the ongoing restructuring process, Monday will see a further tweaking of the medium term business plan. Given the pace of change and opportunity that seems to increase daily, the need to update the Plan is constant.

The week ahead also sees the need for some late nights. Skype conference calls have already been set up so that I can talk to the UK and the HBI Software development team in Bangalore. There are to be further calls to the US, where the intent and the need to open a sales office grow stronger. The focus is increasingly now on timing and structure.

In New Zealand, three meetings have been set-up, all focused on opportunities offshore. It is good that whilst much of the media focus in New Zealand is on the challenges facing exporters, on the ground many businesses are still very much on-side when it comes to assessing offshore opportunities.

The end of the week sees a trip to Taranaki, a wedding in New Plymouth on Saturday and a day at the races: The 125th Anniversary of Egmont Racing Club, in Hawera on Sunday.

A week is said to be a long time in politics. Let’s see what fate then throws up for this particular business in the next seven days.