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Minister's '500 White Crosses' Total Beat Up

Monday, 4 March 2002, 9:53 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association

Labour Minister Margaret Wilson's 500 white crosses campaign is based on totally false information, says the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern). More >>

Double Tax Talks Skirt Main Trans Tasman Problem

Monday, 4 March 2002, 12:49 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association

Trans Tasman investors shouldn't expect much from the discussions aimed at resolving the so-called triangular taxation issue. More >>

Auckland Road Users Short Changed

Friday, 1 March 2002, 9:00 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association

The transport package announced this evening does not address Auckland's traffic congestion crisis nearly to the extent that business and Auckland motorists need, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>

Red Tape Cuts $2.3 Billion From Business Growth

Monday, 25 February 2002, 1:28 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

The cost to business from Government's new policies represents a total bill of over $2.3 billion, the Employers & Manufacturers Association says. More >>

Interest Rate Talk Fuels Inflationary Expectations

Monday, 18 February 2002, 1:43 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

Speculating over how soon the Reserve Bank will hike interest rates is tantamount to pushing up inflationary expectations, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>

Excessive Company Tax Rate Stifling Growth

Monday, 18 February 2002, 1:41 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

The Employers & Manufacturers Association is backing KPMG's call today to lower company tax rates. More >>

Kyoto Will Impact Investment Straight Away

Thursday, 14 February 2002, 5:54 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

Ratifying Kyoto will detrimentally affect investment in New Zealand as soon as Government announces its decision on it, not when the Protocol takes effect in 2008, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>

Desire For Economic Transformation Welcome

Tuesday, 12 February 2002, 4:37 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

The Prime Minister's scene setting speech today is very welcome for the emphasis placed at long last on working to achieve economic transformation and growth, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>

Extra Petrol Tax An RMA Levy

Tuesday, 12 February 2002, 1:22 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

The new 4 cents/litre petrol tax said to be needed to solve Auckland's traffic congestion problems is a tax to compensate partly for the inefficiency of the processes of the Resource Management Act, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) ... More >>

Government Backs Off Kyoto Platform

Tuesday, 5 February 2002, 11:34 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association

'Climate change' Minister Pete Hodgson has advised he is no longer available to address the Kyoto Summit in Auckland on February 20th, citing an electorate day as more important. More >>

Minimum Wage Rise Is Short Term Fix

Tuesday, 5 February 2002, 9:24 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association

The Government’s decision to raise the minimum wage gets a tick for the extra cash for the small number on the minimum wage, EMA Central says. More >>

Chronic Skills Shortages Stunt NZ Growth

Tuesday, 5 February 2002, 8:51 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association

While all New Zealanders should be pleased with the high employment levels the country is enjoying, the EMA Central doubts Steve Maharey's assertion today that New Zealand is now "well placed" to respond to changes in the international economy. More >>

Holidays proposals punishing

Friday, 1 February 2002, 4:04 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

Businesses will be punished even more for trying to keep people in work under the law changes proposed for the Holidays Act, the Employers and Manufacturers (Northern) says. More >>

Business Summit To Seek Kyoto Impasse Resolution

Tuesday, 22 January 2002, 11:58 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association

A business summit to explore how, if at all, New Zealand can win competitive advantage by ratifying the Kyoto 'climate change' Protocol is being organized by the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) for next month. More >>

EMA Central Suggests Treasury Gets Creative

Friday, 18 January 2002, 4:03 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

The Employers & Manufacturer’s Association (Central) congratulates Treasury on its attempt to find ways to work around a couple of age-old economic problems, New Zealand’s size and its distance from the rest of the world. More >>

Still Room to Ease Interest Rates a Tad

Friday, 18 January 2002, 3:01 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

Retail Sales Growth Good News But There's Still Room to Ease Interest Rates a Tad More >>

Interest Rates Could Take Another Small Cut

Thursday, 17 January 2002, 4:40 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

"The Q4 consumer price index increase of 0.6% has delivered a much welcomed low annual 1.8% inflation rate for the year, confirming that interest rates could have dropped sooner and lower than they were allowed by last year's OCR reductions", ... More >>

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