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Jingle Bells?
Friday, 22 December 2006, 2:38 pm | Canterbury Manufacturers Association
The latest Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association (CMA) Survey of Manufacturers completed during December 2006, shows total sales in November 2006 increased over 28% (export sales up around 44% and domestic sales increased over 15%) on November ... More >>
The true cost of personal grievance?
Thursday, 21 December 2006, 2:12 pm | Canterbury Manufacturers Association
Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association is warning that not only are an increasing number of businesses coming under pressure from employment advocates to offer out of court, cash payments to former employees but these ‘unofficial’ settlements ... More >>
Back to the Future
Friday, 15 December 2006, 3:18 pm | Canterbury Manufacturers Association
The Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association welcomes the Government’s draft Energy Strategy and Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy reports as a step in the right direction in coordinating New Zealand’s disparate electricity system. However ... More >>
Govt needs inflation and growth options
Thursday, 7 December 2006, 10:45 am | Canterbury Manufacturers Association
The Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association says that despite being left on hold, the Official Cash Rate (OCR) is largely an ineffectual tool for controlling New Zealand's inflation problem but it is highly effective in stifling any export-led growth. More >>
RMA: No way forward is not a solution
Monday, 4 December 2006, 2:32 pm | Canterbury Manufacturers Association
The Canterbury Manufacturers Association says that the Resource Management Act is a major impediment to vital energy developments such as the Mighty River geothermal plant, the Project Hayes wind farm and future hydro facilities being built to generate ... More >>
It should be Export Year every year
Friday, 1 December 2006, 4:32 pm | Canterbury Manufacturers Association
The Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association says that the $33 million addition to Government’s Market Development Assistance Scheme and the Export Year 07 promotion will have little impact on New Zealand’s exports or the ballooning trade deficit. More >>
Mixed Signals Again
Wednesday, 29 November 2006, 11:22 am | Canterbury Manufacturers Association
29 November 2006 IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mixed Signals Again The latest Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association (CMA) Survey of Manufacturers completed during November 2006, shows total sales in October 2006 increased 26% (export sales up around 48% and domestic sales ... More >>
Manufacturing+ - ‘Yes Minister’.
Thursday, 23 November 2006, 11:36 am | Canterbury Manufacturers Association
The Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association says that the ‘Manufacturing+’ initiative lacks focus, precision and fails to grasp the basic needs of manufacturers and will not support future growth in the sector. More >>
Transformation needs solidity and sustainability
Friday, 10 November 2006, 12:05 am | Canterbury Manufacturers Association
The Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association says that the Government cannot achieve ‘economic transformation’ without changing its policy settings to support exporters. More >>
The September CMA Survey of Business Conditions
Thursday, 2 November 2006, 11:58 am | Canterbury Manufacturers Association
The latest Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association (CMA) Survey of Manufacturers completed during October 2006, shows total sales in September 2006 increased 4.5% (export sales down around 7.5% although domestic sales increased about 21%) on September ... More >>
NZ’s Electricity Needs – Tomorrow, and Today
Wednesday, 25 October 2006, 10:46 am | Canterbury Manufacturers Association
The Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association says that comments made by ISCR researcher Richard Meade last week regarding New Zealand’s electricity system failed to take future requirements and basic cost drivers into consideration More >>
Christchurch manufacturers scoop industry awards
Wednesday, 18 October 2006, 2:04 pm | Canterbury Manufacturers Association
Christchurch based manufacturers, Talbot Plastics Limited and Elastomer Products Limited, were amongst the major prize winners at the New Zealand Plastics Industry Design Awards 2006, held in Auckland on Friday 13 October, winning 12 awards - 5 ... More >>
‘New Zealand Inc.’ will compromise Buy Kiwi Made
Thursday, 12 October 2006, 5:11 pm | Canterbury Manufacturers Association
The Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association says that the Government’s decision to establish ‘New Zealand Inc.’ will compromise the effectiveness of the Buy Kiwi Made programme. The Association had welcomed the decision not to widen the Buy ... More >>
‘Buy Kiwi Made’ - a step in the right direction
Tuesday, 10 October 2006, 3:23 pm | Canterbury Manufacturers Association
The Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association says that the Government’s decision not to extend the ‘Buy Kiwi Made’ brand to companies that produce their goods overseas is a step in the right direction in supporting manufacturers in New Zealand. More >>
Happier days?
Monday, 2 October 2006, 10:52 am | Canterbury Manufacturers Association
The latest Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association (CMA) Survey of Manufacturers completed during September 2006, shows total sales in August 2006 increased 11% (export sales up 15.4% and domestic sales increased 6.7%) on August 2005. More >>
GDP figures provide a warning for the economy.
Friday, 29 September 2006, 4:50 pm | Canterbury Manufacturers Association
The Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association says that although the latest GDP figures show a slight improvement for the June Quarter, further growth in the New Zealand economy could be undermined if fiscal and monetary policies remain at conflicting ... More >>
CMA: Contact ‘price gouging, plain and simple'
Wednesday, 27 September 2006, 5:51 pm | Canterbury Manufacturers Association
The Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association says that the forthcoming rise in electricity prices by Contact Energy is a ‘price gouging, plain and simple’. More >>
A ‘yo-yo’ currency kills export growth
Thursday, 21 September 2006, 2:09 pm | Canterbury Manufacturers Association
The Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association says that although the current account deficit has narrowed in the months since March, the strengthening of the NZD will undermine export led growth in the economy. The Association says that the absence ... More >>
A bad game blame: the rules, the referee
Friday, 15 September 2006, 3:00 pm | Canterbury Manufacturers Association
The Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association says that sacked Electricity Commissioner Roy Hemmingway is not solely responsible for the state of the electricity system in New Zealand. The Association was concerned that he characterised a reserve margin ... More >>
CMA: Response to Electricity Report
Wednesday, 13 September 2006, 3:17 pm | Canterbury Manufacturers Association
The Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association says that the response from the Government and the Electricity Commission to its report into the problems facing the country’s electricity system has been to address the symptoms and not the causes. As a result, ... More >>
