Skills and labour shortages were the top business concern of 102 businesses surveyed by the BusinessNZ Network in September.
...Winners and losers in NZ-EU FTA Director of Advocacy at BusinessNZ Catherine Beard said while the NZ Government and Officials were able to land some wins for exporters in the newly announced FTA with the EU, it is also a deal that falls well short of our best FTA’s in...
The latest BusinessNZ Planning Forecast reveals business and consumer confidence is low, with factors at home and abroad hampering our recovery. The Forecast for the June 2022 quarter shows global economic recovery post-Covid has taken a hit in both prolonged supply chain disruptions and geopolitical risks driving inflationary pressures and...
Energy in the EU
In July, I was delighted to travel to the EU to meet with energy leaders across the sector in order to discuss the subject of energy transition and how this has been impacted by the multiple challenges the EU is currently exposed to.
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