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Executives Rely on Experience And Advice, Over Data
Thursday, 11 September 2014, 9:51 am | PwC
Business leaders around the world – 94% – say management of their company is prepared to make significant decisions about the strategic direction of their business, but barely one-third relied primarily on data and analytics when they made their ... More >>
Strategic Finance settlement proceeds to first distribution
Tuesday, 12 August 2014, 11:25 am | PwC
In June this year PwC Partners John Fisk and Colin McCloy, as Receivers of Strategic, together with the Financial Markets Authority, announced they had finalised a $22 million settlement agreement with the former directors and auditors of Strategic. More >>
Postie Plus Group Limited (Administrators Appointed)
Thursday, 19 June 2014, 11:57 am | PwC
David Bridgman and Colin McCloy, as the Administrators of Postie Plus Group Limited (Administrators Appointed) announced today the Company’s decision to close 12 Postie Plus stores, affecting 64 Postie Plus staff. More >>
Settlement reached for Strategic Finance claims
Thursday, 5 June 2014, 12:59 pm | PwC
PwC Partners John Fisk and Colin McCloy, as Receivers of Strategic Finance Limited (In Receivership and Liquidation) (Strategic), and the Financial Markets Authority (FMA), have announced today that they have finalised a settlement agreement with ... More >>
PwC predicts Brazil to win World Cup
Tuesday, 3 June 2014, 11:22 am | PwC
As hosts Brazil prepare to kick off the FIFA World Cup in Sao Paulo on Thursday June 12th, we have turned to ‘econometrics’ in a bid to determine success and failure at this major sporting event. More >>
Skills gap hampering business recruitment efforts
Monday, 26 May 2014, 10:34 am | PwC
More New Zealand organisations are planning a hiring spree over the next 12 months as their growth prospects improve, but four out of five CEOs are concerned they won’t be able to find the people with the skills needed to fill these positions. More >>
Budget 2014: Australia vs. New Zealand
Thursday, 15 May 2014, 4:24 pm | PwC
“Comparing New Zealand Budget today with Australia’s on Tuesday makes an interesting contrast,” PwC Partner Richard Forgan says. “Both governments focused on expanding the economic capacity of the nations with support for innovation, science, R&D, defence ... More >>
Budget 2014: Good news for business
Thursday, 15 May 2014, 2:16 pm | PwC
“Budget 2014 delivers a range of good news for New Zealand business,” PwC Corporate Tax Leader Geof Nightingale says. More >>
Budget 2014: Ready to Rise
Thursday, 15 May 2014, 2:11 pm | PwC
Despite carefully managed pre-budget expectations, Budget 2014 has delivered two surprises; a surplus of $372m in 2015, appreciably higher than the wafer thin surplus expected; and when taken over a four period, higher planned new spending in health, ... More >>
Record bank earnings but margins near all-time low
Friday, 9 May 2014, 11:39 am | PwC
Australia’s four major banks delivered combined underlying cash earnings of $14.8 billion for the first half - up 6 per cent on the previous half and up 10 per cent on the same time last year - according to PwC’s biannual Major Banks analysis. More >>
Family business: Taking control without breaking it
Wednesday, 16 April 2014, 12:16 pm | PwC
Passing control from one generation to the next can make or break a family business; and as New Zealand’s ‘baby boomers’ hand over to ‘millennials’, the risks of getting it wrong have never been greater. More >>
Electricity retailers supercharge their customer offerings
Friday, 29 November 2013, 9:43 am | PwC
New Zealanders can expect more innovative retail offerings from the country’s power companies as they work harder to grow in a fiercely competitive market, according to PwC's Leading Energy analysis. More >>
Shrinking emerging market wage gap will re-shape businesses
Friday, 27 September 2013, 10:16 am | PwC
The wage gap between advanced economies and emerging economies, such as China, India and the Philippines will shrink significantly by 2030 according to new analysis published today by PwC (see table below). More >>
Top innovators race up the growth curve
Thursday, 12 September 2013, 9:40 am | PwC
PwC finds innovation is moving from the fringes into the mainstream. The world’s most innovative companies expect to grow by more than 60 percent, enjoying a NZ$318 billion revenue boost over the next five years, finds a new PwC study released at ... More >>
PwC New Zealand boosts its presence in Southeast Asia
Friday, 2 August 2013, 3:30 pm | PwC
PwC is growing its presence and consulting capability in Southeast Asia, with the formation of a new joint venture with PwC Consulting practices in Southeast Asia, Australia and the United States. More >>
PwC's GST Direct June edition
Monday, 24 June 2013, 1:29 pm | PwC
We'd like to share with you our June 2013 edition of GST Direct. It's another exciting issue covering a range of topical and practical GST issues: 1. Update on the September 2012 Tax Bill (and positive changes are coming) 2. Snapshot of the New Zealand Customs ... More >>
The Chinese Spending Spree
Friday, 24 May 2013, 2:56 pm | PwC
The Chinese shopping cart is filling fast as more of China’s private and state-owned businesses look to mature markets, such as New Zealand and Australia, for investment opportunities. More >>
PwC recognised as an attractive employer
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 10:52 am | PwC
PwC has taken home the ‘Most Attractive Employer - Competitive Salary & Employee Benefits Wellington’ special category award at the Randstad Awards, held this morning in Wellington. More >>
Tax change for multinationals
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 4:19 pm | PwC
The Government confirmed today in the Budget it will push ahead with changes to the thin capitalisation rules that invest in New Zealand. More >>
Blackhole expenditure relief
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 4:17 pm | PwC
In the Budget today, the Government announced its intention to provide tax deductions for six types of expenditure that previously fell in a tax ‘blackhole’ - that is the costs were not deducible upfront or depreciable over time. More >>