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Immigration Change Will Help Complete Roads

Friday, 17 June 2005, 10:25 am | Auckland Chamber of Commerce

The Government’s changes to the Investor Category immigration rules will attract strongly committed investors, says Auckland Chamber of Commerce chief executive Michael Barnett. More >>

Auckland Chamber Letter To Cullen & Hodgson

Friday, 3 June 2005, 4:05 pm | Auckland Chamber of Commerce

Following a strongly positive preliminary meeting with your Senior Advisor Chris Mackenzie, we came to your office 100% solution-based and anticipating getting down to work on establishing a new relationship and partnership to resolve our mutual ... More >>

Transport Crisis Needs Action, Not Slugging…

Friday, 3 June 2005, 4:01 pm | Auckland Chamber of Commerce

Following the leak of misinformation in a Brian Rudman Herald column (3 June) about what allegedly took place at a Beehive meeting earlier this week between a group from the Auckland Business Forum and Finance Minister Michael Cullen and Transport ... More >>

North Shore City Council Urged to Push Transport

Thursday, 26 May 2005, 12:51 am | Auckland Chamber of Commerce

North Shore City Council Urged to “Push Harder” for Vital Transport Projects to Be Completed Faster More >>

Small Business Sector Biggest Winners From Budget

Thursday, 19 May 2005, 5:43 pm | Auckland Chamber of Commerce

The suite of tax and other changes affecting business add up to a significant boost to the small business sector, but for the rest of business it’s “marginal”. More >>

A Budget to Manage Downturn, Not Lock-In Growth

Thursday, 19 May 2005, 5:06 pm | Auckland Chamber of Commerce

The Government had a choice with its Budget – to take decisions to maintain the high growth rates of recent years, but instead they have produced a Budget that recognizes a slowing economy and lots of adjustments have been made in that light. More >>

Skills shortage deeply entrenched

Wednesday, 6 April 2005, 12:26 am | Auckland Chamber of Commerce

The latest survey of Auckland Chamber of Commerce members reveals evidence confirming the skills shortage has become entrenched and a major constraint holding back business growth. More >>

“Aberration or start of a business down turn?”

Wednesday, 6 April 2005, 12:24 am | Auckland Chamber of Commerce

Business confidence in the Auckland region has fallen dramatically in just three months with pessimism about the economic outlook at its highest level than at any time in at least the past two years. More >>

Motorway Toll On Western Corridor – A Step Closer

Monday, 4 April 2005, 12:01 am | Auckland Chamber of Commerce

“If Government can make a decision to put a $2 toll on the Orewa-to-Puhoi road with a benefit of $2.80c for every dollar spent, where is the difficulty of tolling a completed western corridor within 5 years where the benefit cost ratio is 4.6?” More >>

Nats Say It WIll Solve Auck Traffic In Ten Years

Friday, 1 April 2005, 1:23 pm | Auckland Chamber of Commerce

National’s Promise To Get Auckland’s Motorway Network Built Within 10 Years… “As Auckland’s traffic gridlock gets worse by the day, the case for a faster programme to complete Auckland’s motorway network urgently is glaringly obvious. “The current ... More >>

Easter Trading Nonsense

Wednesday, 23 March 2005, 8:58 am | Auckland Chamber of Commerce

Easter Trading Nonsense Despite recent efforts of politicians to fix shopping law anomalies, Easter Shopping laws mean that holiday visitors to Taupo will be able to go shopping, those in Rotorua won’t, Queenstown can but Wanaka, it seems, won’t. ... More >>

Nationwide tour to take Lisa's strategies south

Monday, 21 March 2005, 4:02 pm | Auckland Chamber of Commerce

A large scale television advertising campaign for "Lisa's" [Lee-suss babaganoush and Lice-as hummus], has put the range of Middle Eastern dips firmly in the eye of the consumer, but a nationwide business tour with the brand's founder is set to showcase ... More >>

A Working Waterfront Equals A Successful Auckland

Monday, 21 March 2005, 3:02 pm | Auckland Chamber of Commerce

“Ring-fencing and strengthening the commercial viability of Auckland’s CBD waterfront is critical if Auckland City and the Regional Council are to create a thriving, vibrant world class “people-focused” development on the harbour’s edge,” Michael Barnett, ... More >>

Let's Not Talk The Economy Down

Friday, 11 March 2005, 2:32 pm | Auckland Chamber of Commerce

Most businesses are resilient and won’t be put under by one interest rate call, a union wage rise campaign and the pressures of the “high” dollar. More >>

Expat Kiwis: Come Home For What?

Monday, 7 March 2005, 6:30 pm | Auckland Chamber of Commerce

“Ask yourself, if you are an overseas-based Kiwi in a highly skilled, high paying job, would you give it all up to come ‘home’ because the Government says we have a booming economy and the country needs your skills?” More >>

The Roading Money Is In The Bank

Tuesday, 1 March 2005, 1:10 pm | Auckland Chamber of Commerce

“From April 1st (what fools we are) Aucklanders will have $200,000 per day taken out of their pockets in the name of another transport package but are unlikely to see any real relief from their daily motorway gridlock”, said Michael Barnett, Chief ... More >>

Auck Council Delays Motorway Network Improvements

Friday, 25 February 2005, 9:06 am | Auckland Chamber of Commerce

Transit New Zealand have advised that they are ready to seek funding for the urgently needed $200 million Harbour Bridge to City (HBTC) project. A part of this project includes the partial tunnel option to increase the capacity of the St Mary’s Bay/ ... More >>

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