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NZ's gas reserves drop, renewal unlikely due to ban on exploration

It will likely affect the Methanex New Zealand plant in north Taranaki, which uses 41 percent of all of the country's natural gas output, turning it into …

Source/ReadMore RadioNZ

Fulton Hogan to buy Stevenson's construction materials unit for undisclosed sum

Fulton Hogan has bought Stevenson Group's construction materials units for an undisclosed sum, adding two quarries, four concrete plants and a lab testing facility at a time when infrastructure work is tipped to keep growing over the coming five years

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Fiscal responsibility but can we wait for wellbeing – BERL

Budget 2018 oozed fiscal responsibility, but for many a shift to a truly wellbeing Budget cannot come quick enough, BERL chief economist Dr Ganesh Nana says.

Source/ReadMore A MakeLemonade Release

New food and beverage outlets lead to 370 new jobs at Auckland Airport

A new line-up of 27 food and beverage outlets across the domestic and international terminals will lead to hundreds of new jobs at Auckland Airport over the next 12 months.

Source/ReadMore AucklandAirportAuthority

CTU Budget analysis released, in-person briefing lunchtime Friday

CTU Economist Dr Bill Rosenberg has released the CTU’s full analysis of the Government’s first Budget.

Source/ReadMore A CTU release

ERoad turns to small profit, beating annual guidance as North American sales soar

ERoad returned to profit after beating annual earnings guidance as North American sales more than doubled once the logistics and fleet management firm overcame strong lobbying to delay a favourable regulatory system for its services

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Budget 2018: Long on welfare, short on productivity

Budget 2018 announced today revealed that the country’s books are in good order and the Government intends to maintain surpluses over the coming parliamentary term.

Source/ReadMore A EMA release

BusinessNZ - Budget comment

BusinessNZ Chief Executive Kirk Hope said some of the big ticket items in the Budget would help support business growth.

Source/ReadMore A BusinessNZ release

Budget impact on Exporters and Manufacturers

The 2018 Budget’s allocation of $1 billion towards R&D tax credits will be welcomed by exporting and manufacturing firms.

Source/ReadMore ExportNZ

NZTE looks to move beyond Excel

New Zealand Trade and Enterprise is in the market for a budgeting and forecasting tool to replace its current excel-based solution writes Sarah Putt for Computerworld.

Source/ReadMore A Computerworld release

Hearing exposes health risks for vulnerable workers

The health risks of insecure work have been exposed during Select Committee submissions today on the Employment Relations Amendment Bill.

Source/ReadMore A E tū release

Waste Management rode NZ's economic growth in 2017, lifting sales; recycling became more tenuous

Waste Management, New Zealand's biggest waste collection and recycling company, drove up sales and profit last year as economic growth underpinned volumes of industrial and construction sector waste and it added landfill capacity