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NZ CEOs confidence dips 16% about global economy for 2015
Friday, 27 February 2015, 11:06 am | PricewaterhouseCoopers
Findings from PwC’s New Zealand insights publication, released today, which follows the 18th Annual Global CEO Survey, show New Zealand CEOs are less positive about the outlook for the global economy than they were last year with 47 per cent believing ... More >>
PwC Foundation Charity Relay 2015
Thursday, 19 February 2015, 9:46 am | PricewaterhouseCoopers
To support Ronald McDonald House Wellington, The Neonatal Trust and Wellington Free Ambulance, 300 runners/walkers will participate in the inaugural PwC Foundation Charity Relay 2015, which covers 98 km from Wellington to Martinborough Square. More >>
World to 2050 – New Zealand’s future lies with China
Wednesday, 11 February 2015, 11:43 am | PricewaterhouseCoopers
Despite a projected slowdown in Chinese growth after around 2020, the global economic power shift away from the established advanced economies in North America, Western Europe and Japan, will continue over the next 35 years, according to the latest report ... More >>
New Zealand Government signals reversal of fortune
Wednesday, 17 December 2014, 9:23 am | PricewaterhouseCoopers
The Government’s robust $372 million forecast surplus from Budget 2014 will turn into a $572 million deficit, according to the 2015 Half-Yearly Economic and Fiscal Update and the Budget Policy Statement. Imports are cheaper and good export prices ... More >>
New Zealand Government signals reversal of fortune
Tuesday, 16 December 2014, 3:28 pm | PricewaterhouseCoopers
The Government’s robust $372 million forecast surplus from Budget 2014 will turn into a $572 million deficit, according to the 2015 Half-Yearly Economic and Fiscal Update and the Budget Policy Statement released today. Imports are cheaper and good ... More >>
Building NZ’s reputation as a leader in food safety in China
Monday, 10 November 2014, 3:54 pm | PricewaterhouseCoopers
BEIJING, 10 November 2014 – New Zealand Government owned AsureQuality and PwC’s New Zealand and China firms are cooperating with COFCO, China’s largest agricultural and food products supplier, to continually improve China’s food safety and quality. ... More >>
PwC and Google announce Joint Business Relationship
Wednesday, 29 October 2014, 1:34 pm | PricewaterhouseCoopers
PwC and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced the launch of a joint business relationship to bring new and innovative services to companies around the world. The rapid pace of innovation in technology has fundamentally changed how and where ... More >>
NZ lags behind global counterparts in managing security
Thursday, 2 October 2014, 10:31 am | PricewaterhouseCoopers
New Zealand organisations are trailing behind their global counterparts in managing their security and privacy risk, according to findings from The Global State of Information Security® Survey 2015 by PwC, in conjunction with CIO and CSO magazines. More >>
OECD tax reform - impact for New Zealand business
Wednesday, 17 September 2014, 11:31 am | PricewaterhouseCoopers
The OECD set out final recommendations from the first half of its tax reform programme to tackle Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) yesterday. More >>
Customers set to take more control in power switch up
Thursday, 28 August 2014, 1:49 pm | PricewaterhouseCoopers
Electricity consumers want more control over their energy supply, usage, service standards and costs, according to findings from a PwC report, Utility of the future – a New Zealand context. More >>
Better forecasting for farmers
Wednesday, 20 August 2014, 12:23 pm | PricewaterhouseCoopers
With a forecast 2015 farm gate milk price of $6.00 per kilogram of milk solids, the concern facing dairy farmers is whether their cost structures can sustain a payout at this level, or at an even lower level, as some commentators are predicting. More >>
Employees to open up social media access
Tuesday, 19 August 2014, 10:01 am | PricewaterhouseCoopers
Data profiling could soon become commonplace in the workplace, according to PwC’s report, The future of work: A journey to 2022, with nearly a third of workers happy for their employer to have access to personal data, such as their social media profiles. More >>
Work and personal lives to blur
Wednesday, 30 July 2014, 9:46 am | PricewaterhouseCoopers
The boundaries between work and personal life may disappear as companies assume greater responsibility for the social welfare of their employees, according to PwC’s report, The future of work: A journey to 2022. More >>
Postie Plus Group Limited (Administrators Appointed)
Friday, 18 July 2014, 5:22 pm | PricewaterhouseCoopers
David Bridgman and Colin McCloy, as Administrators of Postie Plus, have today announced they have completed the sale of the Postie Plus business to Roan Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pepkor Limited. More >>
The rise and rise of the NZ dollar exchange rate
Friday, 11 July 2014, 5:30 pm | PricewaterhouseCoopers
Over recent weeks there has been much commentary and analysis of what factors have driven the NZ dollar currency value to record post-1985 float highs. Reasons cited range from the ‘rock-star’ economy attracting capital inflows, to rising NZ interest ... More >>
‘Traditional’ banks may not exist by 2025
Friday, 11 July 2014, 3:52 pm | PricewaterhouseCoopers
A new report from PwC suggests that by as soon as 2025 to 2030, New Zealand could exist without banks of the traditional kind. The report, The Future Shape of Banking , says that as barriers to entry for non-banks to provide formerly ‘core’ banking ... More >>
Customers go digital and prepared to get personal
Tuesday, 8 July 2014, 12:27 pm | PricewaterhouseCoopers
Increasing digital engagement with customers is essential to gain attention and ensure products and services stand out, according to PwC’s latest global report - Insurance 2020: The digital prize – Taking customer connection to a new level. Seventy per ... More >>
PwC welcomes tax pooling amendments
Thursday, 3 July 2014, 3:59 pm | PricewaterhouseCoopers
PwC Tax and Private Business Leader Geof Nightingale says that the Government’s announcement of its intention to introduce legislation to correct the operation of the current tax pooling rules is welcome as a sensible fix. More >>
Postie Plus Group Limited (Administrators Appointed)
Monday, 30 June 2014, 4:58 pm | PricewaterhouseCoopers
David Bridgman and Colin McCloy, as Administrators of Postie Plus, have today announced that they expect it will be another two to three weeks before the current conditional agreement concerning the sale of the Postie Plus business becomes unconditional and ... More >>
PwC welcomes the signing of FATCA agreement with the US
Thursday, 12 June 2014, 4:00 pm | PricewaterhouseCoopers
Revenue Minister Todd McClay and United States Chargé d’Affaires a.i., Marie Damour today signed an inter-governmental agreement (IGA) for the implementation of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) in New Zealand, providing certainty to ... More >>