{"id":630349,"date":"2026-10-14T12:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T12:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/630349\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T12:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T12:26:10","slug":"deloitte-fast-50-tracksuit-lodestone-energy-among-2026-regional-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/630349\/","title":{"rendered":"Deloitte Fast 50: Tracksuit, Lodestone Energy among 2026 regional winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">Mount Cook Alpine Salmon was named the region\u2019s fastest-growing manufacturing business, while Christchurch-based business lender FundTap took the technology award for Christchurch and the upper South Island.<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">In Wellington and the lower North Island, Starboard Maritime Intelligence won both the technology and export categories, while Flamingo was named the fastest-growing services business.<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">Pure Mama took the export and retail and consumer products awards in Hamilton and the central North Island.<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">See the full list of winners in the graphic below:<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">The Deloitte Fast 50 programme has two main indices. The Fast 50 recognises companies based on revenue growth over three years, while the Master of Growth recognises more mature businesses that have delivered sustained growth over five years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">The regional winners make up the pool of finalists from which the national Fast 50 indices will be compiled. The national rankings and category winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in Auckland on November 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">Deloitte Private partner James Arlidge said this year\u2019s winners covered a broad range of industries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWhat stands out this year is that growth isn\u2019t concentrated in one particular part of the economy. We\u2019re seeing businesses across a wide range of sectors identify opportunities, understand what their customers need and move decisively,\u201d Arlidge said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">Deloitte identified wellbeing as one theme among this year\u2019s entrants, with health, nutrition and lifestyle businesses featuring among the regional winners and contenders for the indices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">Clean energy was another theme, with renewable energy, solar and sustainability-linked businesses represented in the programme.<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThese businesses have identified where the opportunity is, built the capability to deliver and backed themselves, even when conditions haven\u2019t necessarily made that easy,\u201d Arlidge said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">The Fast 50 is sponsored by BNZ.<\/p>\n<p>Stay ahead with the latest market moves, corporate updates, and economic insights by subscribing to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/my-account\/profile\/newsletters\/?from=cmp\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/my-account\/profile\/newsletters\/?from=cmp\">Business newsletter<\/a> \u2013 your essential weekly round-up of all the business news you need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mount Cook Alpine Salmon was named the region\u2019s fastest-growing manufacturing business, while Christchurch-based business lender FundTap took the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2246,13212,3471,1558,138,8556,2035,539,1667,222,305,295710,3025,10136,111,139,69,15483,5914,544,103495,16566,2963],"class_list":["post-630349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-2246","tag-13212","tag-among","tag-been","tag-business","tag-companies","tag-deloitte","tag-emerging","tag-energy","tag-fast","tag-have","tag-lodestone","tag-most","tag-named","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-promising","tag-regional","tag-some","tag-tracksuit","tag-winners","tag-zealands"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}