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Recent media releases from BusinessNZ.

ManufacturingNZ welcomes the Government’s announcement today at the Prime Minister’s Pre-Budget Luncheon hosted by Fujitsu and BusinessNZ, that it is spending up to $20 million for an extra 6,000 apprenticeship places....
BIAC publishes the results of its 2014 Economic Policy Survey and calls for urgent reduction of the regulatory burden on business....
“We are at a critical juncture in the quest for a sustainable global economic recovery”, said BIAC Chair Phil O’Reilly at the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting (MCM) on Tuesday in Paris....
BusinessNZ has expressed caution about proposed changes to monetary policy outlined by Labour today....
ExportNZ welcomes more of a conversation around the proposed monetary policy changes outlined by David Parker, Labour’s Finance spokesperson....
New Zealand’s productivity paradox shows more work is needed to overcome our key disadvantages, says BusinessNZ....
BusinessNZ welcomes the focus on manufacturing in policy directions released by the Labour Party today, but says some of the proposals need more work....
ManufacturingNZ Executive Director Catherine Beard says Kiwi manufacturers will welcome some of the ideas in Labour’s manufacturing policy announced today, however some areas need more work....
Activity in the services sector was back on track in March after a dip in expansionary levels during the previous month, with a seasonally adjusted PSI for March at 58.3....
Activity in New Zealand’s manufacturing sector continued to march onwards, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for March at 58.4...