Media Releases

Recent media releases from BusinessNZ.

Better approach to business payments needed

Better approach to business payments needed

BusinessNZ supports the repealing of the Business Payment Practices Act. “BusinessNZ is instead working with its large business group to develop a voluntary code to ensure small businesses are paid on a timely basis,” BusinessNZ Chief Executive Kirk Hope said. Mr Hope...

Better approach to business payments needed

NZ Economy: Turning the page

The latest BusinessNZ Planning Forecast shows business confidence is increasing, but New Zealand’s economic growth is still expected to be relatively low over the forecast period out to December 2025.

Better approach to business payments needed

ENTERPRISES WORRIED ABOUT COST OF DOING BUSINESS

The high cost of doing business is the stand-out issue for New Zealand businesses, according to the results of the Deloitte and Chapman Tripp Election Survey released today. 93 percent of respondents said changes made by the Government had increased their cost of...

Better approach to business payments needed

NZ Economy: Rocky Road

The latest BusinessNZ Planning Forecast shows middling growth for New Zealand’s economy between now and 2025, with a mix of positive and negative indicators. BusinessNZ Director of Advocacy Catherine Beard says New Zealand’s economy is facing similar conditions to...

Better approach to business payments needed

Contractor policy has merit

BusinessNZ agrees with a policy proposal to clarify in law the distinction between contractors and employees. Commenting on an election policy released by ACT today, BusinessNZ Advocacy Director Catherine Beard said the issue was a significant one for the business...

Better approach to business payments needed

Business views for 2023 election

Businesses are ambitious for New Zealand’s success and want a better policies to help achieve it, BusinessNZ says. BusinessNZ has ‘taken the pulse’ of the business community and published Election Priorities for a better future  - the thoughts of large and small...

Better approach to business payments needed

Prices rising with costs, not ‘greedflation’

New Research by Sense Partners into increasing costs show that while the price of goods and services have increased across the board, inflated profits are not the driving force in New Zealand. The report released today: Greedflation in New Zealand? An imported...

Better approach to business payments needed

Welcoming free trade with the UK

Export New Zealand celebrates the Government’s announcement that a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United Kingdom will soon come into force, on 31 May. ExportNZ Senior Policy Advisor Josh Tan calls the NZ-UK FTA "A comprehensive and modern Free Trade Agreement...

Better approach to business payments needed

NZ Economy: Challenges abound

The latest BusinessNZ Planning Forecast shows New Zealand’s economy continues to face pressure from within and further abroad, increasing chances of recession. BusinessNZ Chief Executive Kirk Hope says some of these pressures are beyond our control, "including the...

Onslow too slow

Onslow too slow

The BusinessNZ Energy Council (BEC) says investigating answers to the dry year problem is important, but options must consider solutions for both short and long-term energy issues.  “With the world moving to decentralised options, and with extreme weather events...

Better approach to business payments needed

NZ economy: storm clouds building

The latest BusinessNZ Planning Forecast reveals that while things might look favourable at first, there are several factors which are still cause for economic concern. Both Treasury and the Reserve Bank have predicted the economy will go into a shallow recession by...

Better approach to business payments needed

BusinessNZ welcomes additions to the Green List

It is positive to see Government recognise the extreme skill shortages affecting business with changes to immigration settings today, says BusinessNZ Chief Executive Kirk Hope. “Pushing out accreditation will save an estimated $30 million in compliance costs next year...