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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 5]
Business calls for better Business Support - Petition hits 40,000
Friday, 3 September 2021, 9:22 am | Auckland Business Chamber
At the beginning of this week the Chamber was receiving a large number of calls from businesses facing the prospect of two more weeks in level 4 lockdown followed by at least one in level 3. The concern from business was their ability to meet the ... More >>
Weekly Business Subsidy Called For Level 4
Monday, 30 August 2021, 6:02 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
Business is doing it tough; and they’re telling Government loud and clear there is a need for employers to receive a weekly support package to cover recurring costs to get through another two weeks of lockdown, says Auckland Business Chamber CEO, ... More >>
Businesses Across The Northern Region Struggling To Operate
Thursday, 26 August 2021, 6:42 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
Businesses across the northern region of New Zealand believe they will survive lockdown but are struggling with 60 per cent operating, but 90 per cent of them only part time. A joint survey sent to 2000 companies by the Northern Chambers of Commerce ... More >>
Wage subsidy for employees creates a cost to business.
Tuesday, 24 August 2021, 1:36 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
While the wage subsidy is a much-appreciated lifeline to help retain employment for staff, employers must still top up the amount and there are still fixed costs that have to be covered by businesses locked down, unable to operate and generate ... More >>
Business Supports Short Sharp Lockdown For Certainty
Tuesday, 17 August 2021, 6:59 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
Business will support the swift move for a “short, sharp” country-wide lockdown and relieved that the wage subsidy will kick in immediately as Government pulls out all stops to get on top of the highly infectious Delta strain as the best option ... More >>
Business Will Do Its Bit To Protect People And Economic Health
Thursday, 12 August 2021, 3:17 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
Business will be encouraged that Government is working on safe solutions to enable quarantine-free travel for all vaccinated travellers based on a new risk assessed entry criteria. It is also positive that they are developing a digital travel health ... More >>
Recipients Of The Michael Barnett Scholarship Announced
Tuesday, 10 August 2021, 10:11 am | Auckland Business Chamber
The Auckland Business Chamber is pleased to announce the two recipients of the 2021 Michael Barnett Scholarship. This scholarship was established in 2016 to mark Michael Barnett’s 25 years of leadership of the Auckland Business Chamber. The recipients ... More >>
Talent Crisis - Over 6,000 Roles Needed
Thursday, 29 July 2021, 12:42 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
An Auckland Business Chamber survey of over 1000 companies reveals a desperate need for skills at all levels and a change to the environment that has businesses poaching talent from each other. The survey revealed an immediate need for 4,400 roles in ... More >>
Business Needs Priority Access To Miq
Tuesday, 27 July 2021, 3:12 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
No one is arguing with Government’s decision to keep us safe and keep Delta out but shutting down the trans-Tasman for the next couple of months does not mean our world should stop,” he said. Its time Immigration acknowledged the important role ... More >>
Exporters Can Check Out But No Guarantee They Can Return
Wednesday, 14 July 2021, 9:13 am | Auckland Business Chamber
Exporters’ trying to sustain essential trade and supply chains are in no man’s land, able to travel offshore but not return, blocked by the MIQ booking system which randomly throws up spots, gobbled up within seconds by gamers or people paid to sit ... More >>
Wake Up Sleepyheads
Thursday, 8 July 2021, 10:50 am | Auckland Business Chamber
It beggars belief that the Ministry of Transport and Waikato Regional Council are putting up new obstacles to stall Sleepyhead’s plan to build an innovative, bespoke billion dollar manufacturing headquarters and residential community with up to 1100 ... More >>
A Job Is More Than An Hourly Rate
Tuesday, 22 June 2021, 9:00 am | Auckland Business Chamber
Immigration policymakers and officials need to urgently rethink the way they value a job beyond the hourly rate so businesses can bring in the skilled and essential workers needed urgently to support primary exports and the hospitality, accommodation, ... More >>
Survey Reveals Ongoing Skills Shortages
Wednesday, 16 June 2021, 8:38 am | Auckland Business Chamber
The latest Business Survey from the Auckland Business Chamber reveals over 40% of Auckland businesses intend to hire staff over the next three months which is positive for the economy but comes with significant barriers. Over 71% of those businesses ... More >>
Ready, Willing And Now Able To Work
Thursday, 10 June 2021, 8:57 am | Auckland Business Chamber
Government’s decision to relax, renew and extend working holiday, essential and seasonal worker visas is a victory for common sense, says Auckland Business Chamber CEO, Michael Barnett, who has campaigned with other Chambers for urgent action to ... More >>
Road Rage
Friday, 4 June 2021, 11:45 am | Auckland Business Chamber
Government’s decision to spend a billion dollars on a new bike and pedestrian bridge across the harbour ahead of critical road and rail projects to ease congestion is “crazy”, says Auckland Business Chamber CEO, Michael Barnett. “This so-called ... More >>
Life In The Fast Lane – Not For Auckland
Tuesday, 25 May 2021, 2:40 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
Auckland ratepayers will be hit by an average 43 percent rates rise and 111 percent rise in water costs over 10 years to help pay for Council’s $31.8 billion infrastructure spend up to move the city and region into the fast lane. “I acknowledge that Council ... More >>
They Are Here So Let Them Stay And Work
Tuesday, 25 May 2021, 12:05 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
Hospitality, accommodation, retail and tourism operators’ battle for survival and recovery is being shot down because they cannot access the workers they need to open and deliver quality service due to expired holiday and seasonal work visas. ... More >>
Budget 2021 - Auckland Business Chamber
Thursday, 20 May 2021, 5:06 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
The budget aimed to balance ideology and compassion with practicality to carve a pathway to recovery through investing in infrastructure and housing, the catalyst to create jobs, growth, and transformation. “Compassion won,” says Auckland Business ... More >>
Westpac Auckland Business Awards – Best Of The Best Woop! Woop! They Did It!
Friday, 16 April 2021, 5:40 am | Auckland Business Chamber
Parisian foodie and Woop! founder Thomas Dietz’s topped an incredible five-year journey with the Westpac Auckland Business Awards this evening when Woop! won the Supreme Business Excellence Award. The best in Auckland business gathered for a Gala ... More >>
Business Confidence Results
Thursday, 8 April 2021, 4:14 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
Auckland small and medium businesses have indicated a gloomy outlook for the next six months, suggesting in the latest Auckland Business Chamber Confidence Survey that the economy has plateaued. The early April survey provides a snapshot of the ... More >>
