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Excellent Returns From Investment In Roads
Wednesday, 25 August 2004, 1:31 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The econometric modelling work in the Allen Report - Benefits from Investment in New Zealand's Road Infrastructure - finds the degree of connectedness provided by our major urban road networks is lower than in comparable countries, yet the potential ... More >>
Better understanding of value from co. tax cuts
Monday, 16 August 2004, 4:13 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The growing support for reducing the company tax rate is gratifying and a great step forward, says Alasdair Thompson, chief executive of the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern). More >>
Oil price spikes accelerate need for biodiesel
Friday, 13 August 2004, 1:59 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The high price for oil is making renewable transport fuels commercially attractive but New Zealand is lagging behind the world in making them available, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>
China: Advice For Business From Traders Who Know
Thursday, 5 August 2004, 10:50 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
China's emerging super power status is the starting point for former Prime Minister Jenny Shipley's presentation to EMA's North Shore Business Network tomorrow. More >>
NZ Infrastructure Council overdue
Wednesday, 28 July 2004, 5:14 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Business is expecting the Council for Infrastructure Development (NZCID) being launched today will begin to remedy New Zealand's infrastructural deficit thereby keeping our ambitions for growth on track in the same way that Australia's has across the ... More >>
Sea change in direction by Local Government
Wednesday, 28 July 2004, 1:05 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The dramatic sea change in thinking over the Resource Management Act by New Zealand's local authorities is most welcome, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>
True costs of Holidays Act to be revealed
Wednesday, 21 July 2004, 4:40 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Public companies racking up large, unbudgeted payroll costs due to the 'unintended consequences' of the Holidays Act may shortly have to alert the Stock Exchange with revised earnings statements, warns the Employers & Manufacturers Association ... More >>
CPI driven by local government price hikes
Thursday, 15 July 2004, 4:40 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Blame your local council if your mortgage rates rise again soon, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>
Latest manufacturing closures commercial reality
Tuesday, 13 July 2004, 1:29 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The announcement by Electrolux in Christchurch yesterday is the latest in a spate of manufacturing close downs announced recently; others were from Click Clack and Sunbeam, both in Palmerston North, with forewarnings of job losses hanging over Kawerau ... More >>
Rodney should cut high business rates
Tuesday, 6 July 2004, 12:29 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Solutions to Rodney's commuter population issues aired today are in its own hands, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>
Transport investment welcome, won't be enough
Thursday, 1 July 2004, 3:30 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Transfund's projected investment in transport infrastructure of $18.7 billion over the next 10 years is a welcome and timely announcement the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>
Urgent Start Sought On Eastern Transport Corridor
Monday, 28 June 2004, 4:54 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
An urgent start on the Eastern Transport Corridor was called for by the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) at the Auckland City Council's Public Transport Forum on the project. More >>
Disappointment at Budget's disincentive to work
Wednesday, 23 June 2004, 4:04 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The Prime Minister effectively acknowledged in Parliament yesterday that the Budget offers a disincentive to middle income earners to work overtime and the like, and that is very disappointing, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) ... More >>
Relevant Day Pay Issue Wider Than "Sickies"
Wednesday, 16 June 2004, 4:14 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
"Minister of Labour, Paul Swain's, blunt statement that 'time and a half for working on public holidays is not in question' and his demand for proof that workers have taken more 'sickies' since a recent law change gave them penal rates for sick leave ... More >>
Swain insults employers re sickies
Tuesday, 15 June 2004, 12:18 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
"The call by Labour Minister, Paul Swain, for EMA and Business NZ to name the companies who had experienced significant increases in absenteeism on public holidays at the high "relevant day" pay rates is insulting, discriminatory and shows he holds employers ... More >>
Interest Rate Rise Not Inevitable
Tuesday, 8 June 2004, 1:35 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
"While an interest rate rise is the inevitable response to perceived and real inflationary pressure, several anti-inflationary conditions still exist," says EMA Chief Executive, Alasdair Thompson. More >>
New OSH Act starts to bite; reparations to rise
Friday, 28 May 2004, 4:17 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The high profile case brought by OSH in Southland following the death of a dairy farmer in a rotary milking shed is a salutary wake up warning for all managers, says Paul Jarvie, a specialist in occupational and workplace safety. More >>
Much to applaud in Manukau's rating policies
Monday, 24 May 2004, 3:19 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Manukau City was congratulated today by the Employers & Manufacturers Association (EMA) at the Council's hearings for planning to cut the level of Manukau's rates increases, and for adopting a coherent and reasonable set of principles on which ... More >>
Govt sending mixed messages on trade priorities
Friday, 21 May 2004, 2:48 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
"What is the logic underlying the Government's decision to pass on 80% of border security costs to business?", questions Paul Winter CEO of the Employers and Manufacturers Central. More >>
Security tax puts income ahead of principle
Friday, 21 May 2004, 9:33 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Since the Government has acknowledged the principle of public good is a major consideration in strengthening New Zealand's border security measures, it is disappointing to see it placing income ahead of its principles, the Employers & Manufacturers Association ... More >>
