The World is here to play! The RWC has finally arrived, it is great to seeing everyone getting involved, both businesses supporting our adopted team, Namibia, and the residences showing their supported team.  I must say I felt a bit guilty when my South African neighbours had their All Black supporter’s flags up before us. Don&rs...

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  Winter certainly arrived with a vengeance in July – though fortunately we didn’t get the predicted snow. Town Tidy and the Rugby World Cup At the Business Association we are now looking ahead to spring, with our Town Tidy Up on the 14th of August and our Rugby World Cup decorations going up soon after.   Unf...

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  We are now officially a Business Improvement District, with our new executive committee in place. It is comprised of 7 voting members and 2 non voting members.  We welcome new members Dutchie Wijdeven of Brian Roberts Towing, Shaun Newman of Trail-lite and Paul Muir representing the Local Board.  We also welcome Nicky Hayhow re...

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  Our new Constitution has now been formally adopted and registered, and we have only one further step in the process to become a Business Improvement District (BID) – the election of a new committee.  This occurs on 23 June and is the culmination of many months of hard work. We are looking for committee members who represen...

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Another month closer to the Rugby World Cup and things are moving along… The RWC is an opportunity for us to locally promote the area and a really good excuse for a party.  We have been busy working with the council to ensure that we make the most of this opportunity.  At this point we have ordered our street decorations which ...

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Well it has certainly been an interesting month, our thoughts have been with the people of Christchurch for much of that time.  Many local businesses moved quickly to provide help where they could. Now our thoughts will also be with the people of Japan.  We had a great Business After 5 function last month, thanks to the team at Mitre 10...

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Written by Nick Richards, Community Constable, Pukekohe Police I have made this my first priority to speed up the set up of the CCTV system. The other problem I am investing resources into is the problem with the youths in the town area. This will be monitored by a heavy Police presence at the finishing times of the schools. So you will see me wal...

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Due to the hot weather we are having it is tempting to arrange for a cooling air flow through the shop by leaving the back door open. It is possible to do this without tempting the thieves that may be cruising about looking for opportunities. Some people fit a galvanised steel grill on the outside that can be padlocked. Another option would be to f...

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Will 2011 be a good year for you?   We are certainly planning a big year for Pukekohe. We start the year with Franklin A & P Society celebrating their 125th year with a Royal Event. The retailers are supporting this event with a window dressing competition in either the society colours or the royal event colours. There are great prizes t...

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Welcome to the last edition of The Loop for 2010 and in particular welcome to our new members.   Our Christmas decorations are up, and the Christmas Parade has been run. Thanks must go to the combined service clubs of Pukekohe Lions and Rotary Clubs for the huge effort that goes into organising this event.   As we announced in our las...

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Pukekohe - OUT with the old – IN with the new. Gone the iconic Plunket Rooms, Railway Goods Shed, Gingerbread Cottage in West Street and many more "old friends". As we lament these losses they have been replaced by new developments, proposals and businesses – and this is during an alleged recession! Barely a week goes by without yet another new bus...

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40 days to Christmas and counting….   Our Christmas preparations are well underway with the Christmas decorations due to go up in the next fortnight (weather permitting) and the Christmas parade scheduled for December 5th. It is great to see some of the shop windows being decorated already.   We have two late nights planned before Chr...

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  As we head towards Christmas again and retailers hope for an increase in spending by the customers, a thought occurs to me that may help. Obviously customers respond to being well treated. I believe they will also respond well to badly behaved people around them being politely and firmly encouraged to toe the line.   You can withdraw...

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  The elections are now finished and the votes have been counted. We can now share who our local representatives will be for our region for the first three years of the new Auckland City Council, which whether we are happy about it or not, we are a part of.   Des Morrison is our new elected councillor for the Franklin Ward. He is one...

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As above, the 2010 AGM has been completed and the new committee is shown below.   President: Margaret Holmes, The Engine Room Secretary: Donna Vincent, Workz4U Treasurer: Sam Newman-Watt, Custom Threadz Committee: Ian Findlay, Findlay Drycleaners Catherine Gould, Footloose Greg Hicks, Preview Anne Reyes, MJ Hair Design Kay Rogers, ...

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Firstly, I’d likely to welcome two new members to the PBA board – Kay Rogers and Catherine Gould.   We had a great AGM this month, with a panel discussion on our role in the new Auckland City. Thanks to Councillor, Des Morrison, Local Board Member, Andy Baker, and Lynda Fleming from EFDT for their contribution and support.   The me...

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Attached is the link for the Pukekohe Central Concept Plan.  This Concept Plan sets out a vision for the central area of Pukekohe, which reinforces the importance of the town centre as the business, commercial andcommunity hub of the District and provides opportunities to accommodatethe future population numbers forecast by the Regional and D...

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  We are sick of the Bah Humbug of Christmas – let’s put Scrooge in his place and bring the festivities and enjoyment back to Pukekohe. We would love to see as many shops and businesses decorating their windows, doors, outside areas and anything else you can think of. The Christmas Parade is about a Global Christmas this year, so you can use...

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Do you know that the shops that have been consistently opening on Sunday are now pulling in some excellent trade, and we are not just talking about the major retailers like The Warehouse, Harvey Norman or Mitre 10. We know of two shops in King Street that are pulling in thousands of dollars on a Sunday because people know that they are going to be...

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Can you honestly say that you know what businesses there are in Pukekohe and what they are offering? When was the last time you just took time out to familiarise yourself with what is available throughout the whole of Pukekohe? The PBA is hearing of customers’ being sent out of town for items that can be bought locally! This also works with servic...

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