All posts tagged "business"

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  Fast Facts

  Skills shortages hurting employers

  Difficulties in finding staff with suitable skill levels are reaching critical levels for the majority of employers, who identify skills shortages as...

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  Agribusiness

  Two-way trade tops $160 billion for the first time

  Increased exports and imports helped push New Zealand’s two-way trade of goods and services to $160.7 billion for the year ended September...

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  Fast Facts

  Chamber supports changes to Employment Relations Bill

  The Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce supports the recently announced changes to the Employment Relations Amendment Bill, but chief executive Leeann Watson...

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  Fast Facts

  Fuel drives up transport costs

  The prices that businesses pay for petrol and diesel rose 6.9 percent and 7.0 percent, respectively, in the September 2018 quarter, Stats...

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  Fast Facts

  Fuel spending up as petrol prices rise

  Spending on fuel rose in October 2018 as petrol prices reached record levels, but less was spent on clothes and shoes, Stats...

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  Proposed ACC levy reduction welcomed

  BusinessNZ has welcomed proposed lower ACC levies for businesses in 2019-21, as outlined in ACC’s recent Discussion Document.

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  News and Views

  CPTPP move momentous for NZ

  ExportNZ says the CPTPP ratification by Australia is a momentous day for New Zealand.

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  Fast Facts

  New Zealand 18th most competitive

  New Zealand is the 18th most competitive nation in the world, according to the Global Competitiveness Index.

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  Councils, business vital partners in climate change adaptation

  LGNZ President Dave Cull told delegates at the Climate Change and Business Conference that while businesses have led the charge to quantify...

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  News and Views

  Boost for infrastructure decision making

  BusinessNZ has welcomed the planned establishment of a new independent infrastructure body.