Kiwi businesses surviving on Government COVID-19 support - and that may otherwise have fallen into liquidation or receivership in normal times - should get professional advice immediately with a national insolvency cliff looming, says Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ).

The aim of the two-week wage subsidy extension will at best keep employees in jobs, but much more targeted support is needed to revive businesses wounded by the second lockdown and even worse, locked out of their livelihoods, says Auckland Business Chamber CEO, Michael Barnett.

Government must resolve urgently the discriminatory list of businesses and services that can open in Level 3 while prohibiting trade by so many others regardless of their ability to comply with every safety, health and hygiene requirement.

Flintfox International, a disruptive innovator in pricing and rebate management and Gold Microsoft partner in the development and implementation of Supply chain solutions , are honoured to receive the 2020 MSUS Partner Award for Retail.

As the pandemic obliged many of us to retreat from the real-world and into the remote one, researchers at the ABI upped the pace of their research on how to put more of the human dimension to Zoom and other teleconferencing platforms.

COVID-19 lockdown and gross domestic product for March and June 2020 quarterssummarises the data source, methodological, and conceptual challenges to the compilation of quarterly gross domestic product (GDP) for the March and June 2020 quarters due to COVID-19.

ASB welcomes the Government’s decision to move Kiwis to a more expansive alert level 1 from midnight tonight.

The Council of Trade Unions (CTU) acknowledges the responsive nature of the Government’s 2020 Budget. There is a necessary need to focus on addressing the significant issues New Zealanders are facing in a COVID-19 world.

Research released today by Equifax New Zealand shows that consumer credit demand fell by up to 71% during the COVID-19 level four lockdown.

Continuing to advertise through times of economic uncertainty and instability can benefit your business in the long term, says leading technology company MYOB.

Storing and retrieving large amounts of data in New Zealand just got a lot cheaper with the launch of Catalyst Cloud’s new low-cost Object Storage service. It’s just one of the initiatives launched by the local cloud computing innovator to improve access to cloud computing in NZ.

In the interests of an ordered and careful return to business for New Zealand tourism TrueNZ does support having restrictions on movement in Level 2 and is today seeking clarity from the Minister of Tourism, the Deputy Prime Minister and Tourism New Zealand.

Advised by Chapman Tripp, Me Today was New Zealand’s first NZX new listing in on 31 March 2020, under a ‘"reverse listing transaction’", after raising $1.5m growth capital from targeted investors, and amongst the challenging backdrop of New Zealand’s COVID-19 lockdown.

New Zealand onion growers are celebrating being able to export their world class crop to Indonesia again.

Zany Zeus, Wellington’s award-winning cheese and ice cream company, will continue to produce and sell its organic milk products from Moera in Lower Hutt.

Tower recognises the challenging and extraordinary times facing everyone in New Zealand, the Pacific Islands and around the globe.

Hospitality New Zealand says many hospitality businesses will not reopen following the four-week shut down announced by the Government today, as the country prepares to move to Alert Level 4 in the response to COVID-19.

Anyspace is New Zealand’s online marketplace for storage and usable space.

Tourism Industry Aotearoa (TIA) and the Tourism Industry New Zealand Trust (TINZT) are deeply disappointed to announce the cancellation of TRENZ 2020.

SME businesses around the country will welcome today’s announcement of targeted relief from the Government in response to coronavirus but how it is delivered will be crucial to its success, says leading tech company MYOB.

Changes to KiwiSaver default funds announced today by the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs respond to concerns raised by New Zealanders during the Review of Retirement Income Policies, says Retirement Commissioner Jane Wrightson.

Plexure Group (NZX: PLX), today announced it will deploy its mobile marketing technology into one of Indonesia’s largest supermarket chains.

Capital investment to the tune of nearly $4 million will enable one of New Zealand’s most successful legal tech start-ups to further grow its overseas business.

A new long-term lease of 15 years to a New Zealand government tenant underpins a new commercial property investment opportunity that allows investors to acquire an interest in a CBD office tower at the heart of Wellington’s parliamentary precinct.

"High rental price increases should not come as a shock to anyone", says Andrew King, Executive Officer of the NZ Property Investors’ Federation (NZPIF). "While Statistics NZ has pointed to the Healthy Homes legislation, this is only one change that has pushed rental prices higher."

Spending through Paymark hit a new daily high last week, reaching $297.5 million through 5.1 million card transactions on Friday 20 December.

Chorus has today announced that a nine-year project to bring 28 towns and cities world-class broadband has been completed - on time and on budget.

Investors shrugged off weaker US data to lift European and US shares on Friday night. The US dollar and gold fell as investor sentiment improved. Copper and oil rallied, and dragged the New Zealand, Canadian and Australian dollars higher.

"There is still critical work to be done on the Zero Carbon Bill and its methane targets to ensure the Bill achieves its own objectives," says Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s (B+LNZ) Chief Executive Sam McIvor.

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