Building a future free from melanoma in the construction industry is the driver of a new partnership between CARTERS Building Supplies and Melanoma New Zealand.

Born from the need to develop a more environmentally friendly alternative to the current polystyrene void forming pods, co-founders and directors of CLEVACO®, Andrew Minturn and Grant Brown officially launched the CLEVA POD® in New Zealand in September. 

Many tradies find it hard to say ‘no’ to customers. Or feel they can’t knock back jobs as it will impact growth. So, they end up working longer and longer hours. Is the answer to expand and try to do more? Or stick it out and do as much as you can with the team you’ve got? 

Tradeswomen make three times fewer ACC claims compared to their male counterparts, more than half of female trade apprentices are still engaged in an industry related to their training ten years later, and one in three women in the trades are businessowners. So why aren't more women joining the trades?

Hoping for nothing to go wrong is a common strategy used by many unsuccessful businesses. A more effective strategy used by successful business owners is planning for nothing to go wrong.