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Business Adaptation Grants from BLP – 2nd Round are now ready for applicants
Business Link Pacific BLP has launched the second round of Adaptation Grants for small and medium-sized businesses throughout the Pacific

Business Link Pacific Offering COVID-19 Subsidy For SMEs In Fiji
Business Link Pacific is a New Zealand Government programme supporting private sector development in the Pacific Islands. Business Link Pacific (BLP) is offering 100 per cent subsidy on business advice services from advisors like Resort Support.

FBC offer Free Advertising For Small & New Enterprises in Fiji
From FBC: We’re living in trying times. Life as we know, has changed. However, in spite of everything, we need to help each other. That’s why The Fjian Broadcasting Corporation is giving small and new businesses a chance to advertise for free on Fiji’s biggest and leading media platform.

Blue Tourism – The Transition Towards Sustainable Coastal and Maritime Tourism in World Marine Regions
Coastal and maritime tourism (CMT) has become a major economic sector for countries with accessible and attractive coastlines. However cruises, resorts and even ecotourism are Blue Tourism activities with critical environmental and social impacts on natural resources and local communities.

Why we now recommend all our small business clients switch to Xero?
Only a few short years ago, I do not believe any of us would have thought we could be watching your kids play soccer while keeping on top of your business’s finances let alone something like Xero? And doing it ALL from a smartphone in the palm of your hand? Or that you could be

OTAs, Channel Managers, Booking Engines and other jargon explained for Small Hotels
So we spend a fair amount of time with our SME clients, most of whom are small hotel and resort owners and mangers, trying to explain simply what all the industry jargon is around the online travel selling world. So lets see if we can run through this with a couple of diagrams, and some

What is a Hotel Booking Engine and how does it all work in a SME property?
A hotel website’s booking engine is the software application being used to secure online reservations with that ever present Book Now button

Solid Brass Dive Emergency Multifunction Oxygen Regulator for diving emergency oxygen kits available in Fiji
Oxygen first aid is considered to be the most effective first aid treatment for a diver injured while diving, after ensuring the diver’s airway, breathing and circulation. All diving operations in Fiji MUST have a diving emergency oxygen kit on each dive site as specified in the HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK (DIVING) REGULATIONS 2006.

Pocket Masks available for diving emergency oxygen kits in Fiji
The Resuscitation Mask has an oxygen inlet (and strap) for mouth-to-mouth ventilations. The most widely used CPR mask in the world! Since the introduction of the Pocket Mask, Laerdal has been providing high quality barrier solutions for over 40 years. With the strategically placed 3M hydrophobic filter and One Way Valve, both providers and patients