Apr 03, 2018  -  The new Customs and Excise Act will enable Customs to adapt to a changing world and is good news for everyone in New Zealand, the Acting Comptroller of Customs, Christine Stevenson, said today.

Silver Fern Farms returned to profit last year as a capital injection from China's Shanghai Maling trimmed the meat processor's finance costs and global beef prices rebounded, although its cooperative shareholder posted a loss from the new structure.

Mar 31, 2018 - While many people will be taking this weekend off and enjoying chocolate eggs - lots of small business owners (and their accountants) will be putting in extra hours to get their paperwork done, according to new research by MYOB.

Mar 29,  2018  -   The latest Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates released by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) today show that tourism expenditure grew in all regions over the year ending February 2018. MBIE’s manager of Sector Trends Mark Gordon says that there has been positive performance in several regions around the country.“The regions with the fastest growing tourism spend over the year ending February 2018 were the West Coast, which increased 12 per cent to $548 million, followed by Tasman, which increased 11 per cent to $317 million and Taranaki, up 11 per cent to $380 million,”…

Mar 29, 2018  -  The Overseas Investment Office gave ASX-listed Horizon Oil International a green light to buy a 16 percent stake in the Maari and Manaia oil fields and joint venture assets off the Taranaki coast from Todd Corp

Mar 29, 2018  -  Investors and speculators will lose their ability to offset losses on residential properties to reduce their tax on other income from April 1 next year, if proposals in an Inland Revenue Department issues paper published today are adopted

Mar 29, 2018  -  Fletcher Building gained a two-month extension to waivers from its US noteholders and bank syndicate that were granted after it breached lending covenants, suggesting the company wasn't able to negotiate new terms by its March 31 deadline

Mar 29, 2018  -  BusinessNZ urges businesses to make a submission on the Employment Relations Amendment Bill before the closing date of Good Friday.

Mar 28, 2018  -  Employers have repeatedly told the EMA that 90-day trial periods are a valuable and useful asset to have when employing staff and they want them to remain.

Mar 27, 2018  -  The EMA is urging business to submit on the Employment Relations Amendment Bill this week before the close off date of March 30.

Mar 26,  2018  - Recently, Workplace Relations Minister Iain Lees-Galloway was quoted as saying workers had not had a fair share of economic growth, and the boost to the minimum wage was only one part of the Government's strategy.