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Auckland Business Chamber
The voice of business for Auckland
Auckland Business Chamber is New Zealand's largest business organisation and part of the New Zealand Chambers of Commerce network. Successful business ensures strong and successful communities, and the Chamber contributes to this through support and advocacy to deliver the best platform for business to operate from. Auckland Chamber has worked with business within the region for more than 160 years – for both start up and established businesses, trading locally and on the world stage. Auckland Business Chamber is a membership-based organisation offering a wide range of business support solutions and part of the international Chambers of Commerce network.
Auckland Business Chamber - Latest News [Page 10]
Business endorses Productivity Commission call
Thursday, 12 December 2019, 4:55 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
The failure of high-growth councils to supply enough infrastructure to support housing development has led to some serious social and economic problems, the NZ Productivity Commission states in a local government funding and financing report released today. More >>
Evidence-based look at Port relocation
Thursday, 12 December 2019, 2:50 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
The evidence-based examination that agencies have been asked to provide on Auckland port’s relocation is the best possible reassurance Auckland has received. This means we can move on from opinion writers and political interference to an objective ... More >>
Bikinis produced from ocean plastics earns place on podium
Wednesday, 11 December 2019, 3:30 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
An Auckland YES team’s business project producing sustainable bikinis from ocean plastic waste has earned it third place at the YES (Young Enterprise Scheme) Nationals. More >>
Port move north’s Greenhouse Gas impacts are part of cost
Wednesday, 4 December 2019, 10:48 am | Auckland Business Chamber
“Yes, most Aucklanders agree with the 2017 Future Port Study finding that Auckland’s port should eventually move but give us a credible response.” More >>
Westpac Auckland Business Awards 2019
Friday, 29 November 2019, 2:37 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
GMP Pharmaceuticals has won the Supreme Business Excellence Award at last night’s Westpac Auckland Business Awards 2019 – South & East regions. More >>
Come along and support your Santa Parade
Thursday, 21 November 2019, 2:11 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
The Auckland Farmers Santa Parade is on this Sunday 24th November so be sure to join in the fun and show your support for this wonderful event. More >>
Confidence Bounce Back
Friday, 1 November 2019, 5:40 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
• Business Confidence lifts net 24 points • 47% of firms are recruiting; 80% for skills • Over 50% of firms who are recruiting are having difficulty finding right people, right skills More >>
Westpac Auckland Business Awards 2019
Friday, 11 October 2019, 1:36 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
Westpac Auckland Business Awards 2019 Unleashed Software has won the Supreme Business Excellence Award at last night’s Westpac Auckland Business Awards 2019 – North & West region. More >>
Government surplus – Congratulations, but...
Tuesday, 8 October 2019, 7:31 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
The accounting system is not good enough to be able to prepare the market for the announcement of a surplus – so soon after the tight Budget. More >>
Westpac Auckland Business Awards 2019
Tuesday, 24 September 2019, 12:59 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
The record number of entries received for this year’s Westpac Auckland Business Awards are about to be decided upon. More >>
Business welcomes Ardern – Trump bilateral
Tuesday, 17 September 2019, 4:38 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
The bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and US President Donald Trump will be an opportunity to strengthen trade ties. More >>
Auckland Congestion
Friday, 13 September 2019, 11:42 am | Auckland Business Chamber
“We don’t need a solution that is ten years away - the problem is now; the solution needs to start now.” More >>
Auckland Business Confidence Plummets
Friday, 23 August 2019, 10:38 am | Auckland Business Chamber
A survey of predominantly small and medium businesses in Auckland shows business confidence has plummeted a further 25% in the last quarter. More >>
Business keen to work with Government on circular economy
Friday, 9 August 2019, 10:38 am | Auckland Business Chamber
The Government’s initiative to establish regulated product stewardship schemes for priority products to reduce harm posed by certain end-of-life products and design waste out of the system, has the strong support of business. More >>
Response to business disruption caused by CRL ‘is shameful”
Monday, 5 August 2019, 3:07 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
Throwing a $72,000 morsel on the table after such a long period of disruption where some businesses have folded and others have lost thousands of dollars “is a shameful response to the businesses who have been grossly disadvantaged by this project,” ... More >>
Business Chamber response to Productivity Commission
Thursday, 4 July 2019, 8:32 am | Auckland Business Chamber
Commenting on the Productivity Commission draft local government funding and financing report, Auckland Business Chamber head Michael Barnett noted that the Commission favoured the ‘benefit principle” – i.e., those who benefit from a service should ... More >>
Debt level shift creates opportunity for accelerated action
Thursday, 23 May 2019, 7:17 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
Welcoming today’s announcement of a change in New Zealand’s debt from 20% to a band of between 15-and-25% of GDP, Barnett said it is a step forward. It could allow the injection of $15b or more into the NZ economy to deliver some real and ... More >>
Parliament is a workplace
Wednesday, 22 May 2019, 4:42 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
In an environment where hierarchy drives inflated egos due to status versus job title and function versus role, it is important to remember that Parliament is still just a workplace. And while it has undertaken a necessary review of its people behaviours ... More >>
Encouraging trend for business confidence
Friday, 12 April 2019, 3:55 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
Confidence is still struggling within the business community, but in contrast to recent survey trends, an Auckland Business Chamber survey has shown a 4% lift in business confidence for the first quarter of the year. More >>
Encouraging trend for business confidence
Friday, 12 April 2019, 1:23 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
Confidence is still struggling within the business community, but in contrast to recent survey trends, an Auckland Business Chamber survey has shown a 4% lift in business confidence for the first quarter of the year. More >>
