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The economy – down a gear as risks remain
Monday, 29 June 2015, 3:41 pm | Business NZ
New Zealand’s economic fundamentals are pointing in the right direction but growth is slowing, according to the BusinessNZ Planning Forecast for the June 2015 quarter. BusinessNZ Chief Executive Phil O’Reilly says the construction, manufacturing and ... More >>
Unlocking land for development
Wednesday, 17 June 2015, 3:35 pm | Business NZ
The Productivity Commission’s report Using land for housing provides workable recommendations, says BusinessNZ. The report makes a number of recommendations for unlocking more land supply for housing, including better council Plans, better land ... More >>
Land supply constraints endanger economy
Wednesday, 10 June 2015, 10:28 am | Business NZ
The OECD’s latest report on New Zealand shows the danger to the rest of the economy from constricted land supply in Auckland, says BusinessNZ. Chief Executive Phil O’Reilly said Auckland’s rising house prices were constraining the Reserve Bank’s ability ... More >>
Parliament missing in action on RMA reform
Tuesday, 26 May 2015, 12:21 pm | Business NZ
Chief Executive Phil O’Reilly said recent indications of ‘no change’ to sections 6 and 7 of the Act means it is now clear that after six years Parliament is incapable of delivering anything more than the lowest common denominator – process changes. More >>
Budget 2015 takes an incremental approach
Thursday, 21 May 2015, 3:10 pm | Business NZ
The Government has taken an incremental approach to reform in the 2015 Budget, says BusinessNZ. More >>
BusinessNZ Chief Executive Phil O’Reilly resignation
Tuesday, 19 May 2015, 4:29 pm | Business NZ
BusinessNZ Chief Executive Phil O’Reilly today announced he will resign from his role at the end of 2015. More >>
BusinessNZ welcomes greater transparency in ACC levy setting
Monday, 11 May 2015, 5:43 pm | Business NZ
BusinessNZ is pleased that action is being taken to ensure that ACC levies are set in a much more transparent manner than in the past. More >>
Better rules for earthquake strengthening
Monday, 11 May 2015, 9:24 am | Business NZ
11 May 2015 Better rules for earthquake strengthening BusinessNZ has welcomed moves to improve earthquake strengthening rules. Commercial building owners in low earthquake risk areas would have faced unnecessarily high strengthening costs under draft legislation. ... More >>
Marching On
Monday, 20 April 2015, 10:49 am | Business NZ
Marching On New Zealand’s services sector continued to show healthy levels of expansion in March, according to the BNZ - BusinessNZ Performance of Services Index (PSI). More >>
increased funding in R & D Welcomed
Tuesday, 14 April 2015, 2:56 pm | Business NZ
Executive Director of ManufacturingNZ and ExportNZ, Catherine Beard welcomes the increase in R&D funding from Government. “We have been urging the Government to keep on increasing investment in R&D. It’s one of the key ways our businesses ... More >>
Tax proposals welcomed
Tuesday, 31 March 2015, 11:06 am | Business NZ
Tax proposals welcomed Business welcomes proposals for changes to the tax system. BusinessNZ Chief Executive Phil O’Reilly says proposals including integrating tax compliance with online business activity and streamlining PAYE, GST and provisional ... More >>
NZ economy – balancing risks
Monday, 30 March 2015, 9:14 am | Business NZ
Risks and opportunities for the New Zealand economy are finely balanced, according to the latest BusinessNZ Planning Forecast . More >>
Back in the game
Friday, 13 March 2015, 11:28 am | Business NZ
The manufacturing sector experienced improved levels of expansion during February, according to the latest BNZ - BusinessNZ Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI) . More >>
Leaders seek deeper trans-Tasman links
Thursday, 26 February 2015, 2:39 pm | Business NZ
Leaders seek deeper trans-Tasman links The 10th anniversary meeting of the Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum takes place in Auckland tomorrow. The Leadership Forum is an annual meeting of business, political and community leaders from Australia ... More >>
Starting on the right note
Monday, 16 February 2015, 11:04 am | Business NZ
The services sector started the year on the right note, with expansion improving during January, according to the BNZ - BusinessNZ Performance of Services Index (PSI). More >>
New research and Training Programmes
Thursday, 2 October 2014, 11:25 am | Business NZ
I know many of you will be distracted by the school holidays when this newsletter arrives - some with the promise of a holiday, and others counting the days until the kids can go back to class. For many, this will be their last term and a rush ... More >>
Science in society good for business
Wednesday, 30 July 2014, 9:52 am | Business NZ
BusinessNZ has welcomed the first science in society plan released by the Government. The plan sets a direction for the next 10 years for a more science-capable New Zealand. BusinessNZ Chief Executive Phil O’Reilly says the plan’s initiatives for the ... More >>
Adrian Littlewood co-chair of Australia NZ Leadership Forum
Thursday, 24 July 2014, 11:14 am | Business NZ
Adrian Littlewood, Chief Executive of Auckland Airport, is the new co-chair of the Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum. The Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum is a grouping of senior business leaders from both sides of the Tasman. The Forum ... More >>
Period of OCR stability now needed
Thursday, 24 July 2014, 10:08 am | Business NZ
Following today’s increase in the OCR, a period of stability would be positive for the economy, says BusinessNZ. Chief Executive Phil O’Reilly said a pause in the upward trajectory of the OCR was now called for. “The Reserve Bank has had ... More >>
Staying the course
Thursday, 10 July 2014, 11:15 am | Business NZ
The manufacturing sector remains in expansion mode, despite some aspects of the results that need to be watched closely in the months ahead, according to the latest BNZ - BusinessNZ Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI). More >>
