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BusinessDesk To Launch New Site And Add FundSource To Offering
Monday, 7 November 2022, 6:13 pm | BusinessDesk
New Zealand’s leading business news website, BusinessDesk, will launch a new and improved website tomorrow, whilst also announcing it will soon incorporate FundSource leading investment data into its offering. FundSource is an esteemed New Zealand-based ... More >>
Businessdesk Strengthens Offering With Three New Senior Appointments, Product Improvements
Tuesday, 2 March 2021, 11:29 am | BusinessDesk
A year after launch, leading New Zealand business news service BusinessDesk is pleased to announce three senior appointments and a raft of site improvements. The fast-growing subscription business and political news and commentary site has also completed a ... More >>
Businessdesk Launches Tech Section
Thursday, 1 October 2020, 9:55 am | BusinessDesk
Leading independent New Zealand business news service BusinessDesk is pleased to announce the launch of its new business technology section edited by former IDG UK journalist Henry Burrell. Technology and startups will be a core component of BusinessDesk’s ... More >>
BusinessDesk Launches The Life Travel And Leisure Section
Monday, 13 July 2020, 10:13 am | BusinessDesk
New Zealand’s foremost independent business news service, BusinessDesk is pleased to announce the launch of its new premium leisure section, The Life which will cover the best in domestic travel, wine, food, style, design, motoring and lifestyle features. ... More >>
Jane Clifton Joins BusinessDesk
Wednesday, 17 June 2020, 3:09 pm | BusinessDesk
BusinessDesk is incredibly pleased to announce that Jane Clifton starts as political columnist this week. Clifton has been a political reporter and columnist for most of her adult life, including the past 24 years writing for The Listener. “It’s ... More >>
Businessdesk Growth Continues With Key Hires And Initiatives
Thursday, 11 June 2020, 10:33 am | BusinessDesk
New Zealand’s best independent business news service, BusinessDesk, is pleased to announce key hires and new initiatives as it pursues growth despite the severe disruption to news media businesses that covid-19 has exacerbated. “Like every ... More >>
Brian Gaynor – exclusively on BusinessDesk from this weekend
Friday, 10 January 2020, 11:58 am | BusinessDesk
BusinessDesk’s expansion continues with the announcement of a new marquee columnist and the opening of a new, permanent Auckland newsroom. More >>
BusinessDesk goes public with new offer
Thursday, 7 November 2019, 12:49 pm | BusinessDesk
New Zealand has a new business news website with the launch of BusinessDesk at businessdesk.co.nz . More >>
Kiwis spend more than expected in September
Friday, 11 October 2019, 2:54 pm | BusinessDesk
New Zealanders are still opening their wallets although wet weather dampened some enthusiasm for spring clothing. More >>
Red tape and levies cut in Building Act Overhaul
Friday, 11 October 2019, 2:34 pm | BusinessDesk
The government plans to cut red tape for prefabricated building processes, introduce minimal building product standards and reduce building levies by 13 percent as part of a major overhaul of building law. More >>
More dairy needed to achieve sustainable global diet
Friday, 11 October 2019, 2:19 pm | BusinessDesk
While dairy consumption in Europe and North America exceeds the levels proposed in a sustainable reference diet modelled in an EAT-Lancet study earlier this year, the global average is still only about half that targeted, Jeremy Hill told delegates ... More >>
New Zealand manufacturers still struggling
Friday, 11 October 2019, 2:18 pm | BusinessDesk
New Zealand’s manufacturing activity shrank for a third month in September as production hit its lowest level in more than seven years. More >>
Walmart US boss flies home as incoming Air NZ CEO
Friday, 11 October 2019, 12:52 pm | BusinessDesk
Air New Zealand has appointed Greg Foran, currently chief executive of Walmart US, as its new CEO from early next year. More >>
Michael Hill Q1 sales rise 9.7%
Friday, 11 October 2019, 12:49 pm | BusinessDesk
Jeweller Michael Hill International reported a 9.7 percent lift in September-quarter sales but said margin compression continues. More >>
Sky fightback sees it keep Cricket World Cup rights
Friday, 11 October 2019, 12:32 pm | BusinessDesk
Sky Network Television bounced back from yesterday's loss of the domestic cricket broadcasting rights with a deal that will see it keep world cup coverage for the next four years. More >>
NZ dollar falls against British pound
Friday, 11 October 2019, 11:18 am | BusinessDesk
The New Zealand dollar tumbled against the British pound after Ireland's prime minister said a Brexit deal by Oct. 31 is possible. More >>
MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares fall; Sky routed
Thursday, 10 October 2019, 8:45 pm | BusinessDesk
New Zealand shares fell as Sky Network Television was routed by the loss of its rights to broadcast domestic cricket matches, the stock slumping to an all-time low in heavy trading. More >>
NZ dollar rises as US-China trade negotiations dominate
Thursday, 10 October 2019, 8:44 pm | BusinessDesk
The New Zealand dollar firmed slightly after being batted hither and yon by news reports emanating from the China-US trade negotiations. More >>
ASB sells Aegis investment administrator to MMC
Thursday, 10 October 2019, 7:37 pm | BusinessDesk
ASB Bank says it has sold its investment administration and custody business Aegis to MMC, a specialist outsourcing and investment administration business based in Auckland, for an undisclosed sum. More >>
Directors urged to improve understanding of climate change
Thursday, 10 October 2019, 3:51 pm | BusinessDesk
Company directors are not as aware of climate change challenges as they should be and risk leaving their firms insufficient time to respond, says Karen Silk, deputy chair of the Sustainable Business Council. More >>
