Welcome back to those, like us, who have returned from their Christmas Holiday to start a new business year. Although 2011 ended with more shakes (which experts say could last decades!) we hope that 2012 will be more positive for those businesses that managed to make it through 2011. Looking at the website visitor statistics [...]
Posted on January 11th, 2012 by Wendy Riley-Biddle
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The added stresses of a year full of earthquakes has meant the Christchurch Women’s Refuge has been busier than ever. Every year at this time, the call goes out for donations of gifts suitable for families who find themselves needing the support of Women’s Refuge over the Christmas holiday period. Hot PJ, in association with [...]
Posted on December 14th, 2011 by Wendy Riley-Biddle
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Search Engine Optimisation for Canterbury Businesses Many companies are cutting back on print advertising and questioning the return on investment for print directories, with more and more searches being performed online. Search Engine experts, Optymise, are offering Christchurch website owners a special online marketing package to help them through these difficult times. Hot PJ have [...]
Posted on October 20th, 2011 by Wendy Riley-Biddle
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In an update to our post “Foray into the Red Zone“, on the 9th July were were able to try again to gain access to our office in the Whitcoulls Building. The rules for access had changed again, and after the different permissions had been granted, I joined a small convoy back in to City Mall. [...]
Posted on August 22nd, 2011 by Wendy Riley-Biddle
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So far 2011 has gone by in a blur of natural and weather related phenomina, which had interrupted and changed our business and personal lives. Out of necessity has come adaptability, not a bad thing when it comes to business, but for many the struggle is ongoing, with no quick fix in sight.
Posted on August 19th, 2011 by Wendy Riley-Biddle
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On Thursday morning I donned a borrowed hardhat and high viz vest, and joined a small group of business owners escorted in to the CBD Red Zone. Three months after the February quake, it was the first time Hot PJ had official access to try and retrieve what we could from our remaining office in [...]
Posted on May 27th, 2011 by Wendy Riley-Biddle
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A week has just passed when some Christchurch CBD business and property owners, angry and desperate from the lack of communication from Civil Defence and fearful of the fate of their businesses, joined together in protest at the Art Gallery to try and get answers. It was a gathering that lacked co-ordination and direction, gaining [...]
Posted on March 29th, 2011 by Wendy Riley-Biddle
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I don’t think that anyone can come up with a word that fully encompasses the extent of the trauma that Christchurch people have been experiencing on and since 22nd February. Initially it was ‘surreal’ but now, over one week on, the magnitude of the event is starting to hit home, as people face loss of [...]
Posted on March 2nd, 2011 by Wendy Riley-Biddle
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There is no doubt that it has been a tumultuous year for many up and down the country. For the Hot PJ team, the year ends with change and some exciting news. Abbie Pickrill, who started her career as a graphic designer with Hot PJ in 1999, leaving us for 7 years to experience life [...]
Posted on December 23rd, 2010 by Wendy Riley-Biddle
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I’ve been scouring the internet, looking for new information on what financial help is being offered to small businesses in Canterbury who have been worst effected post quake. If you’ve been game enough to venture into the worst effected business areas, you’ll have noticed that scaffolding and road works are still very much in evidence [...]
Posted on December 20th, 2010 by Wendy Riley-Biddle
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