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Business confidence ticks up

Grant Robertson cautiously embraced slightly more positive business confidence figures in September.

Business confidence ticked up slightly this week, capping off a series of positive economic stories for the Government, but the future is still murky, Thomas Coughlan reports on Newsroom.

Source/ReadMore A Newsroom release by Thomas Coughlan

Why R&D tax incentives don’t stack up for SMEs

Jacinda Ardern's plan doesn't offer much for small businesses.

Jacinda Ardern is putting her faith in R&D tax incentives to lift New Zealand’s productivity and level of innovation reports Nikki Mandow for Newsroom.

Source/ReadMore A Newsroom release by Nikki Mandow

Is it time to carve up Fonterra and sell it?

Fonterra's historic loss, a change of leadership and a review of dairy industry law have opened up a strategic vacuum that could see its brands carved off and sold to reduce farm debt. Bernard Hickey looks at the pros and cons for Newsroom.

Source/ReadMore A Newsroom release by Bernard Hickey

Analysis: Tax Inefficiencies only tell half the story

Striking PSA workers complained of the poor resourcing of their departments.

The New Zealand Initiative has released a report slamming the Government's spending as inefficient and wasteful, but there’s more to the numbers than meets the eye, Thomas Coughlan reports for Newsroom..

Source/ReadMore A Newsroom release by Thomas Coughlan

The Push-me-Pull-you Government

Winston Peters, Jacinda Ardern and James Shaw front the media at the launch of the Government's 30-year plan.

The Government held an evangelical gathering yesterday to explain what it is and what it hopes to do reports Tim Murphy for Newsroom.

Source/ReadMore A Newsroom by Tim Murphy

Damien Grant: Air NZ CEO Christopher Luxon does not represent me

The CEO of a multi-million dollar company can't represent small business NZ, writes Damien Grant for Stuff.

Source/ReadMore A Stuff release

Treasury hammers borrowing dodge

hil Twyford was warned by Treasury that Housing New Zealand borrowing could undermine the credibility of the Budget Responsibility Rules and push up the cost of borrowing.

Phil Twyford went against the advice of Treasury to increase off-balance sheet borrowing, which could eventually cost the taxpayer $36 million each year in extra interest costs, Thomas Coughlan reports for Newsroom.

Source/ReadMore A Newsroom release by Thomas Coughlan

WANTED: YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE NEW BUSINESS CONFIDENCE ADVISORY COUNCIL

Wanted: Your feedback on whether you see this move by the government being a positve one or not for your business.

Public can have no confidence in broadcast minister – and neither can Prime Minister

OPINION: The Prime Minister has confidence in her Minister of Broadcasting.

Source/ReadMore A Stuff release

Is a circular economy the key to a sustainable future?

Technology alone will not solve the world’s problems. But combining technological advancements with circular economy thinking could be our best shot at creating a sustainable industrialised future, argue Andy Kenworthy and James Griffin on Newsroom.

Source/ReadMore A Newsroom release

Economist: NZ in decent position to weather a global economic slowdown.

An economist says despite Sir John Key's warning on the weekend that NZ is in a decent position to weather a cyclical global economic slowdown. . . .

Source/ReadMore NZHerald

NZ may produce record volumes of milk this season, Rabobank says

New Zealand milk production may grow to a record of nearly 23 billion litres in the 2018/19 season, bolstered by a favourable milk price and adequate feed reserves, and assuming normal weather conditions, according to Rabobank’s dairy analyst Emma Higgins