Whyte Bikes, the award-winning UK bike brand, has announced that Nikki Hawyes, formerly from Cannondale, will take up the role as the new CEO, replacing - BikeBiz
London, 5th February 2024 – Whyte Bikes Ltd (“Whyte”, “Whyte Bikes”), the premium, award-winning UK bike brand, announced today that Nikki Hawyes, formerly from Cannondale, will take up the role as the new CEO, replacing Ed Culley, who departs for a new role. Concurrently, Jonathan Neale (former COO McLaren Group and CEO McLaren Racing) will take the position of Chairman,
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Barnes Wild Bluff Oysters staff in Invercargill are being kept busy as the oyster season is in full swing. The discovery of the oyster parasite Bonamia ostreae in the Foveaux Strait has not impacted commercial operations.
Genome sequencing shows the strain of Bonamia ostreae found in wild Foveaux Strait oysters in March is closely related to those previously found in Marlborough and Big Glory Bay. The parasite was first detected in New Zealand waters in the Marlborough Sounds in 2015, before being detected in Big Glory Bay on Stewart Island in 2017 where thousands of farmed oysters were pulled out to protect the wild fishery in the strait.
The company is the first farm in the country to produce its own shellfish feed specifically for a New-Zealand species, which gives staff more control over the quality and quantity of pāua it produces. Managing director Blair Wolfgram said the company was trialling different recipes of New Zealand ingredients to monitor their effects on growth rates, and expected to start seeing results early this year. Evolving science and technologies will help the industry grow faster and make sure it can do so sustainably. The company has a Memorandum of Understanding signed with the Auckland University of Technology, which means the old Ocean Beach site building will be used as an aquaculture education, research and development centre.