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Tariff cuts must stay aligned with Australia's
Wednesday, 20 August 2003, 1:26 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Any tariff cuts in advance of Australia will seriously undermine our manufacturers' export competitiveness especially in Australia and the domestic market, warns the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern). More >>
Aucklanders have to contribute to fixing transport
Wednesday, 13 August 2003, 3:57 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Aucklanders will have to shoulder a larger part of the responsibility for solving the region's transport problems, Alasdair Thompson, chief executive of the Employers & Manufacturers Association, told the special meeting of the Auckland Regional ... More >>
North Shore Councillors 'Hypocritical'
Monday, 28 July 2003, 8:19 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
North Shore councillors' pronouncements last night (22/7/03) were totally hypocritical, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>
OCR adjustment reassuring for money movers
Thursday, 24 July 2003, 1:32 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Today's well telegraphed 0.25% adjustment to the Official Cash Rate will reassure international money movers that New Zealand is a good place to park billions of dollars, says the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern). More >>
Immigration changes big step in right direction
Wednesday, 2 July 2003, 12:37 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Business has for ever said the best way of selecting immigrants suited to New Zealand was for them to show they had a genuine offer of a job from a New Zealand enterprise. The changes announced yesterday move a long way towards delivering this approach ... More >>
Highway allocation for Auckland barely enough
Tuesday, 1 July 2003, 9:19 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Transit's $2.6 billion allocation for Auckland over 10 years won't make up for the years during which Auckland's vehicle users subsidised road building in the rest of the country, Alasdair Thompson, chief executive of the Employers & Manufacturers ... More >>
Highway allocation for Auckland barely enough
Monday, 30 June 2003, 6:23 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Transit's $2.6 billion allocation for Auckland over 10 years won't make up for the years during which Auckland's vehicle users subsidised road building in the rest of the country, Alasdair Thompson, chief executive of the Employers & Manufacturers ... More >>
Contact Energy asked to back irresponsible claims
Friday, 20 June 2003, 3:24 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) wants to know which of Contact's customers is prepared to pay 15 to 30 cents/kwh for electricity as the company's Toby Stevenson claimed in yesterday's Herald. More >>
Borrowing to fund roads proposal excellent
Wednesday, 18 June 2003, 12:31 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The Board of the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) yesterday hailed Government's excellent proposal to borrow to build roads. More >>
Auckland City's Low Rates Increase Congratulated
Monday, 9 June 2003, 11:50 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Auckland's rates increase of 2.5% is one of the lowest seen by the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) this year and business is pleased to see costs being held, especially on top of last year's 1.1% rates rise, the EMA said when presenting ... More >>
Ambition for NZ's economic success lost
Thursday, 15 May 2003, 4:36 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Providing subsidies to make it easier for small business to pay their tax is not what we had in mind when we advocated a fiscally neutral lower company tax rate, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says in reaction to today's ... More >>
Power prices rocket 90% for smaller businesses
Thursday, 24 April 2003, 12:52 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The unfortunate effect from the electricity crisis is massive power prices for smaller exporters as they come off contract, reports the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern). More >>
Public transport review hitch hikes on local rates
Wednesday, 23 April 2003, 12:23 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Government's review of its contribution to local public transport announced yesterday will keep local council rates spiraling rapidly upwards according to the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern). More >>
Thrive Auckland! Business Showtime Coming To Town
Tuesday, 11 March 2003, 2:08 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Fashion, men's toys and tax are about to compete for attention when Trelise Cooper, the Tamaki brothers and Ernst & Young share the spotlight at Thrive Auckland 2003 at the Aotea Centre on April 10th. More >>
Getting sacked more lucrative in Wellington
Thursday, 20 February 2003, 11:21 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Analysis of the cost of awards given against employers arising from personal grievance claims shows Wellington is the best city to get sacked in. More >>
Fresh To Launch With Virtual Reality Guru
Tuesday, 14 January 2003, 9:44 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
First up event of the new network on January 29th will feature virtual reality and human/technology interface guru, Dr Tom Furness. More >>
Alarm grows over electricity outlook
Friday, 20 December 2002, 3:57 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Business anxiety is growing that no new substantial power generating capacity is being built, the Employers and Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>
Waikato manufacturers bounce back
Friday, 20 December 2002, 11:10 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Manufacturers in the Waikato are seeing a quick rebound to more prosperous times according to the latest ANZ-Business NZ Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI). More >>
Sustain and lift growth by cutting company tax
Friday, 20 December 2002, 10:03 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
If Government wants to sustain and increase the present rate of growth it will move now to drop the company tax rate, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>
Tip of ERMA's cost iceberg emerging
Tuesday, 10 December 2002, 2:22 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Many thousands of small businesses are about to be levied $50 a year for dangerous goods licences without any prior notification or consultation, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>
