Covid-19 Response

Covid-19 Impact & Now REcovery

Along with many businesses in New Zealand, PopUp Business School Aotearoa (PUBSA) is putting its response plan in place. PopUp Business School takes the threat of COVID-19 very seriously and is taking all steps to mitigate the spread of this. Our main priority is keeping our participants and team safe. In the headings below are highlights and updates for our Covid-19 response.

UPDATE AS AT 28 FEBUARY 2021

Porirua PopUp Business School to continue in venue.
Update 1: The Prime Minister confirmed that Auckland will go to Alert Level 3 as of 6am today 28/2/2021 and the rest of New Zealand Alert Level 2. This will be for 7 days.
The venue for the Porirua course have confirmed that we will be able to maintain Physical distancing and carry out the course safely. There will be sanitiser and masks available and participants will be spaced out to ensure their safety and compliance with the current alert level.
1) We actively encourage those who are comfortable to wear masks.
2) A reminder that if you are unwell please stay home.
3) We will update you tomorrow on the tradeshow/graduation ceremony but please proceed as normal for now.

UPDATE AS AT 17 FEBUARY 2021

West / Central PopUp Business School to remain online this week.
Update 2: The Prime Minister confirmed that Auckland will go to Alert Level 2 as of midnight tonight Wednesday 17/2/2021.
We have spoken with Auckland Unlimited who have confirmed that we can have the venue (Fickling Convention Centre) from Monday 22/2/2021. This will allow time for:
1) Attendees with children who may be returning to school; and
2) Auckland City Council for ensuring timely and safe venue access.
This means that PopUp Business School Aotearoa will complete week 1 online as normal. Week 2 will be at the venue.

Update 1: What a few days it has been. We started day 1 on 16/2/21 and had 52 attendees (business entrepreneurs) online. A massive shout out to all those who attended. We will return to venue as soon as we are able with Covid restrictions as necessary.

The Porirua event is due to start on Monday 22/2/2021 at the Te Rauparaha Arena Covid restrictions at Level 2 permitting. The Waikato District Council event is all online and is due to commence on 8/3/2021.

Update as at 15 FebUARY 2021

LOCKDOWN
ANNOUNCED

Auckland will move to Covid-19 alert level 3 from 11.59 tonight (Sunday 14th Feb 2021) for three days.

The rest of New Zealand will be at level 2 over the same time period, according to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern who made the announcement tonight. She said those alert levels will be reviewed every 24 hours but the planned three-day lockdown should allow the Government to get more information about the new community outbreak. Source: nzherald.co.nz

Please see below a summary of the different levels.

OPTIONS - WEST/CENTRAL POPUP BUSINESS SCHOOL going online

If you are an attendee at the West/Central PopUp Business School at the Fickling Convention Centre please note the following:

As a consequence of the lockdown announced by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern the PopUp Business Course will be moving online and will now start a day later on Tuesday 16th February at 9.30am. Please join by 9.15am. Attendees will need to connect to the course from your home computer.

If you have signed up you will have received an email with all the details.

As we have started a day later, we will be having an extra day on Saturday 20th February. This session will be our web building day, where we cover how to create a website with Weebly.

While we are starting online please note we will move to the venue if and as soon as the alert levels allow.

If you have any questions please email us at: hello@popupbusinessschool.nz

Update as at 21 August 2020

Today we learn more about the Governments thinking about our alert levels. Irrespective, it does beg a question about how we are tracking globally. Every day newsroom. deliver a summary of statistics. Remember that rumours do not help. Always look for guidance from reliable sources: https://covid19.govt.nz/
From the same newsroom. article, below is a reminder of our current Alert level restrictions.

UPDATE AS AT 12 AUGUST 2020

deferred - West/Central PopUp Business School

With the latest announcements by government regarding the latest Covid-19 outbreak and the move to Level 3 in Auckland, ATEED, in conjunction with the local boards sponsoring this event, have requested that we defer the PopUp Business School. We will advise more dates as soon as we know more.

Update as at 11 August 2020

Covid-19 cases in auckland - NZ Inc goes to lockdown

New Zealand's Alert Levels are changing at 12 noon on Wednesday 12 August. Auckland will move to Alert Level 3, and the rest of NZ will move to Alert Level 2. Tonight (11/8/20) the Prime Minister and Director General of Health announced that New Zealand has had four cases of COVID-19 outside of a managed isolation or quarantine facility in New Zealand.

For all official government information about this development see here: https://covid19.govt.nz/updates-and-resources/latest-updates/new-zealands-alert-levels-are-changing-at-12-noon-on-wednesday-12-august/

The Auckland region will move to Alert Level 3 from midday tomorrow, Wednesday 12th August, for the next three days until midnight Friday 14th August. The geographic boundary is that of the Auckland Super City.
Travel will be limited to within the Auckland region. Mask use is highly recommended.

The rest of New Zealand will move to Alert Level 2 and this will run through till midnight on Friday 14th August. This means social distancing measures will apply. Mass gathering limited to 100 people. All other guidance about Level 2 will apply. The Prime Minister noted mask use is encouraged in public places, if you can.

As soon as we have more information, we will advise further.

auckland - Level 3

Rest of New Zealand - Level 2

Alert System overview.

Update as at 12 june 2020
Level 1 achieved but what now!

There is no silver bullet for the recovery but we think that as a country we are positioned for positive change as long as we are proactive. Businesses will still suffer. The impact on personal health for business owners is serious; as is the financial capability of a business to not only survive, but to thrive.
Our PopUp Business School has just finished week 1 for our first event in Wellington online. What we know is that there is a hunger for small business in New Zealand. It is our job to enable those who have a business dream to have a chance, to have a real 'shot' at building a sustainable business.
It is also our job to provide tools, process and knowledge to support that dream; and in this ethos , we believe, is hope. Hope for a new and yet to be realised future for our budding business owners.
BTW... #teamof5million... it is all of our jobs... to be kind and supportive to those who have a dream of being in business for themselves and to those who are rebuilding their businesses. They might not be a start-up but they are starting again in the 'new normal'.
#teamof5million... it is all of our jobs to be there for them.

update as at 26 may 2020

Rebuilding communities through small business.
As we progress down the Covid-19 response levels we are pleased to advise that events have been confirmed by Wellington City Council and Kapiti Coast District Council. In addition to our council partners, we are grateful to the WellingtonNZ and the Ministry of Social Development for collaborating in the funding of these events so our attendees can come for FREE.

More information on these events

Update as at 15 May 2020

alert Level 2

Yay!! New Zealand moved to Alert Level 2 at 11:59pm on Wednesday 13 May. Well done New Zealand Inc. Now we have to be extra vigilant, So what does Alert Level 2 mean? Click on the Level 2 icon or the links in this paragraph to get the very latest on Alert Level 2.

We are back!!! and co-working

Yes the team is working between home and our PopUp Co-working space. If you or someone you know would like to know more about collaborating in our Co-working space in central Wellington, please get them to email us at hello@popupbusinessschool.nz. or go to our Contact page.
More information about the PopUp Co-working Space can be found here.

The Budget

To round off a great week, on the 14 June 2020 Finance Minister Grant Robertson released a Budget document for a 'once-in-a-generation' event. Budget 2020 - Rebuilding Together details can be found here.

In our darkest moments the country has done wonders. Budget 2020 seeks to find balance and create a platform for New Zealanders while the full economic and social impact of Covid-19 is still unfolding.
At PopUp Business School we also have been impacted with course postponements and as a consequence we, like many other businesses have had to navigate very, very stormy financial seas.
For our part we are grateful that the government gave us a lifeline.
Now it is our job to take that lifeline and do something with it that benefits Aotearoa.

Update as at 30 April 2020

The last few weeks at Level 4 and the transition into Level 3 has in many ways provided a reset for PopUp Business School.

We have this week formalised the delivery of PopUp Business School to online courses and have started the process of communicating that to our partners.
- We now have 5, 7 and 10 days business school courses
- and are proud to announce that the 1-day Business Blitz is now also online.
We have been connecting weekly with our Alumni (Graduates from the Business School) through the weekly webinar.
We have driven forward on our Alumni Spotlight programme. So exciting that we get a chance to share some amazing Alumni success stories.

Update as at 6 April 2020

PopUp Business School Aotearoa has released the following information for its Alumni:

It is introducing a weekly Alumni webinar to provide connectivity to our graduate community. The webinar will be on Zoom and provide insight, support and encouragement to this small business community, graduates of the PopUp Business School Aotearoa. The first webinar on 8/4/2020 involves web/seo activity, business model planning and spotlight on small business owners and their Lockdown experience. Future sessions will include end of financial year and start of financial year activities, marketing via social media and a business planning spotlight session. Needless to say there will be more sessions led by our Alumni suggestions. Details are in the closed Alumni Facebook Group.
For small business wanting to work on their business model, we have access to the Bizezi web application. Bizezi is a business planning tool that can be used by an entrepreneur or business owner to research their business idea and understand their market and their value proposition and more. There is also a Business Challenge to give some fun to entrepreneurs during this time. For information on the challenge please go to: Bizezi 90 Day business Challenge.

In conjunction with the PopUp Business School UK the following resources are available to all small business to support them during this pandemic; to provide information for businesses to survive and when markets start to turn, that they will be ready:

Very grateful to team at PopUp Business School UK for their important work and for providing these resources for all budding or existing small business owners everywhere.

Update as at 23 March 2020

With the imminent move to Alert Level 4 the PopUp Business School Aotearoa will close its PopUp Co-working Space. The PopUp team will be working from home for the foreseeable future. We are still contactable and will be working on projects. Please go to our contact page or please email us at hello@popupbusinessschool.nz to reach out to the team at any time.

update as at 17 march 2020

Due to the COVID-19 situation and recent government advice and in conjunction with our funding partners we have made the decision to postpone the upcoming PopUp event due to be held at the Fickling Convention starting on Monday 23rd March. There will be NO workshops run at the Fickling Convention Centre.

New dates will be posted on our website as soon as possible.

POPUP WEST/CENTRAL HAS BEEN POSTPONED - NEW DATES WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON OUR WEBSITE ASAP!

popup business school alumni

Our alumni (graduates of PUBSA) programme numbers 700 strong. We ask that alumni and their families look out for each other and stay safe during this time.

The Business Plan blitz

This special one-day event was due to take place on Saturday 21st March in Wellington - this has now been postponed with a new date yet to be announced.

being safe

PREVENTION – HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND OTHERS

Cough or sneeze into your elbow or by covering your mouth and nose with tissues.
Put used tissues in the bin or a bag immediately.
Wash your hands with soap and water often (for at least 20 seconds).
Try to avoid close contact with people who are unwell.
Don’t touch your eyes, nose or mouth if your hands are not clean.
Avoid personal contact, such as kissing, sharing cups or food with sick people.
Clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces and objects, such as doorknobs.
Stay home if you feel unwell.
Call Healthline on 0800 358 5453 if you have any symptoms and have been to any countries or territories of concern or have been in close contact with someone confirmed with COVID-19.

Please visit the Ministry of Health website for further details:
https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus

Take care of yourselves and your family.
The PopUp Business School Team.

PopUp response​to covid-19​​