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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 8]
Why Are We Waiting?
Monday, 14 September 2020, 2:16 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
Government says we’ve played the “short game well” but wants “extra time to give extra security” before it considers lifting alert levels, but why, asks Auckland Business Chamber CEO Michael Barnett. “What is it that they are waiting ... More >>
Keeping The Engine Room Of The Economy Humming
Tuesday, 8 September 2020, 4:06 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
Businesses confident that their restructured enterprises will recover and revive beyond a short term bounce as we move down alert levels can take some comfort from the Government’s intention to extend the cashflow support, advice and tax package ... More >>
Lockdown Impact On Business
Friday, 4 September 2020, 9:36 am | Auckland Business Chamber
The latest survey of business by the Auckland Business Chamber reflects the fragility of the business community and especially the SME sector. The survey revealed overall: 29% of businesses are operating at 100% 26% of businesses are operating at 75% 21% ... More >>
Westpac Auckland Business Awards 2020 | South And East Regional Finalists Named
Thursday, 3 September 2020, 5:30 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
The Westpac Auckland Business Awards 2020 South and East finalist announcements took place tonight completing a busy week of virtual celebrations streaming into workplaces across the region. “You have gifted your talent and invested capital ... More >>
Central Businesses Take Time Out To Celebrate
Wednesday, 2 September 2020, 5:24 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
Another successful digital event took place this evening at the Westpac Auckland Business Awards 2020 Central finalist announcements. The event streamed from the Auckland Business Chamber offices into the workplaces and homes of entrants across ... More >>
A Digital Celebration For Businesses In The North & West
Wednesday, 2 September 2020, 12:27 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
The Westpac Auckland Business Awards 2020 North & West finalist announcements took place last night in true 2020 style by embracing the era of digital experiences and running the function virtually for the first time. The record number of 744 entries ... More >>
Business Takes The Hit For The Team Of Five Million
Monday, 24 August 2020, 4:23 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
Business is carrying the burden for the team of five million and must do whatever it takes to survive. Some will fail, warns Auckland Business Chamber CEO Michael Barnett reacting to the four-day extension of Auckland’s Level 3 lockdown. “While ... More >>
Government Must Trust Business To Get It Right
Monday, 24 August 2020, 9:23 am | Auckland Business Chamber
Business around the country will be waiting anxiously in the hope that the Level 3 lockdown in Auckland will be eased. “A continuation at level 3 is not sustainable. Businesses will not survive another lockdown of this severity when they’re running ... More >>
Point Of No Return Looms
Saturday, 22 August 2020, 2:29 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
Auckland businesses living day by day with weakened balance sheets, low confidence and uncertainty are reaching a point of no return and will not survive lockdowns every time a new Covid-19 outbreak emerges, warns Auckland Business Chamber CEO, ... More >>
The Extra Mile
Friday, 21 August 2020, 3:57 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
Overly zealous border police keeping Auckland locked down are also locking out legitimate businesses from accessing their own workplace, says Auckland Business Chamber CEO, Michael Barnett. “A South Auckland manufacturer whose factory is just over the ... More >>
Economic Lockdown Hurts More Than Auckland
Friday, 21 August 2020, 2:13 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
Auckland’s lockdown is damaging economic activity and confidence and increasing anxiety among hard hit business owners, says Auckland Business Chamber CEO Michael Barnett after a roundtable with other Chambers in the top half of the North Island. ... More >>
Business Not Doing Business
Wednesday, 19 August 2020, 9:17 am | Auckland Business Chamber
A survey of Auckland Business reveals that not as many are doing the Business Government thinks. In a survey undertaken by the Auckland Business Chamber over the last 24 hours: Only 20% of businesses are operating at 100% Only 28% of businesses are operating ... More >>
Wage Subsidy Is About Jobs – SME’s Also Need Support
Tuesday, 18 August 2020, 10:21 am | Auckland Business Chamber
The aim of the two-week wage subsidy extension will at best keep employees in jobs, but much more targeted support is needed to revive businesses wounded by the second lockdown and even worse, locked out of their livelihoods, says Auckland Business ... More >>
The Wage Subsidy Bar Is Set Too High
Tuesday, 18 August 2020, 5:02 am | Auckland Business Chamber
Businesses will be grateful for the two week extension to the wage subsidy as a band aid to get them through, but the bar is set too high for the battered sector only just inching to recovery before this lockdown knocked their confidence and balance ... More >>
Unnecessary Delays At Port And Border Checkpoints Are Causing Disruption
Monday, 17 August 2020, 11:49 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
Unnecessary and unacceptable delays are happening at port and road border checkpoints, disrupting freight, access to workplaces, and essential supplies to and from Auckland, says Auckland Business Chamber CEO, Michael Barnett. “Checkpoints at the Bombay ... More >>
Stop Picking Winners And Losers
Sunday, 16 August 2020, 2:33 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
Government must resolve urgently the discriminatory list of businesses and services that can open in Level 3 while prohibiting trade by so many others regardless of their ability to comply with every safety, health and hygiene requirement. “It ... More >>
Michael Barnett: Business Resilience – Government Support
Friday, 14 August 2020, 7:12 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
Government’s swift response to extend the wage subsidy nationwide will ease some of the anxiety and uncertainty faced by businesses disrupted by the extension of the Level 3 lockdown in Auckland, but more can be done, says Auckland Business Chamber ... More >>
Government's Open And Shut Rules For Business Unfair
Friday, 14 August 2020, 1:33 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
Government should focus on crushing the cluster, not businesses who are being denied the opportunity to trade when they can comply with lockdown and alert level hygiene, safety and security rules, says Auckland Business Chamber CEO, Michael Barnett. “The ... More >>
The Cost To Business For Lockdown Is Too High
Thursday, 13 August 2020, 4:45 pm | Auckland Business Chamber
Government says they learned things from the last lockdown so if they did can we do things differently and let all businesses that can comply with Covid-19 safety measures stay open, says Auckland Business Chamber CEO Michael Barnett. “The cost ... More >>
Change The Things We Can
Wednesday, 12 August 2020, 9:37 am | Auckland Business Chamber
We knew it would return at some point, and it has, but we’ve worked hard to be prepared, and are in better shape second time round to take the test that will determine how resilient and adaptable our businesses and people are, says Auckland Business ... More >>
