The New Zealand government has proposed phasing out the Growth Grant administered by Callaghan Innovation and introducing a 12.5 percent research and development tax incentive in a discussion document released today.

Te Papa Tongarewa museum’s first chief digital officer Melissa Firth, who built a digital team almost from scratch, has been named among the top 100 CIOs in New Zealand for 2018.

With a global commitment towards minimising carbon emissions, New Zealand businesses are increasingly embracing more sustainable transport options to get their employees from A to B.

Apr 17 - Fletcher Building has unveiled a $1.25 billion refinancing plan to strengthen its balance sheet after extending talks with US noteholders over a breach of its lending conditions

Apr 17 - Fletcher Building plans to raise $750 million in an underwritten offer to shareholders at a deep discount and sell its Formica and steel roof tile businesses, strengthening its balance sheet and gaining support from its banking syndicate after a breach of . . .

Apr 16 -   A2 Milk Co has signed an exclusive distribution deal with Yuhan Corp in South Korea, more than a decade after an earlier foray into that country which ended in litigation. The milk marketing firm's shares rose 1.3 percent

Apr 16 - Comvita, the NZX-listed manuka honey company, foreshadowed that it may be the subject of a takeover, with an unidentified third party currently undertaking due diligence to assess the business

Apr 16 - Ellerston Capital's interest in Fletcher Building has topped 5.1 percent, requiring the Australian fund manager to make a statement to the ASX and NZX but its interest in the beat-up construction and building materials company has been no secret

Apr 16 -  The Christchurch City Council needs to genuinely investigate new ways to raise revenue and manage assets and infrastructure to deliver a vibrant, prosperous and sustainable 21st century city, says Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce CEO Leeann Watson.

Apr 16 -  For the first time in a number of years, the outlook for the NZ economy is not as positive as it has been previously. In October last year, our deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters boldly predicted that the economy was about to fall into an abyss due to the policies of the prior National government. He was very wrong off course, as high export commodity prices have kept the economy ticking along at a robust clip over the intervening period. However, today due to widespread uncertainty in the business community about the impact on the economy from…

The Commerce Commission is set for a shake-up with a new law that would give it new powers to protect consumers from anti-competitive practices.