The country's best known cocktail king has mixed with a local skincare company to conquer the world of beauty.

Listed company Ecoya – headed by Geoff Ross - has just bought 100% of Trilogy Natural Products for $10 million up front and will shell out up to $10 million of an additional earn out payment consisted of 50% paid in cash and 50% in Ecoya shares issued at $1 each.

The 2010 Deloitte Fast 50 (www.fast50.co.nz), the index for New Zealand’s growing businesses, is open for entries from today.

This is the 10th year that high-growth businesses from throughout New Zealand have been invited to benchmark their business growth over the past three years against each other.

It’ll take a few years to turn a profit, but the founders of 42 Below are confident Ecoya will find a willing market for its luxury candles.

The $10 million IPO for the high-end home fragrance company – which has been expected for some time – opens today, with the proceeds to be used to fund expansion plans around the world.

They turned their vodka into a global success story – now the founders of 42 Below are looking to add some fragrance to the local sharemarket.

Geoff Ross, Stephen Sinclair and Grant Baker are considering a $10 million IPO to fund international expansion of Ecoya, a body, bath and home fragrance provider.

The proposed offer, expected in March or April, would be conditional on NZX accepting Ecoya’s shares for listing and would be partially underwritten by The Business Bakery LP.

International iquor company Bacardi has appointed Lion Nathan New Zealand as the sole distributor for all Bacardi brands, including 42 Below vodka, in New Zealand.

The new distribution agreement will take effect on November 1.

Bacardi's existing distribution agreement is with Hancocks, once owned by Lion Nathan but now combined with the Jakicevich family’s Glengarry business.

Bacardi and Lion Nathan, now a Kirin Holdings subsidiary, have had a joint venture distribution company in Australia, Barcadi Lion, since 2003.