Business & Society

CEOs of 50 leading New Zealand companies today developed a Steering Group to co-ordinate private sector support for Christchurch following this week’s devastating earthquake....
Overall activity in the service sector for the first month of 2011 displayed a fairly lacklustre beginning, while the newly established Combined Index shows a similar pattern to the end of 2010. The seasonally adjusted PSI for January was 50.8....
Overall activity in the service sector for the last month of 2010 ended up being a repeat of 2009, with a seasonally adjusted PSI for December at 52.5....
Activity in the service sector is exhibiting little Christmas cheer, with a seasonally adjusted PSI for November at 51.4....
Dunedin businessman Philip Broughton was today elected President of BusinessNZ....
Despite a dip in expansion, the service sector activity continued to keep its head above water, with a seasonally adjusted PSI for October at 52.0....
BusinessNZ Chief Executive Phil O'Reilly reports on business issues in South America....
Service sector activity climbed further into expansion during September, with a seasonally adjusted PSI for September at 54.8....
Service sector activity improved slightly in August, with a seasonally adjusted PSI for August at 51.4....
BusinessNZ says the Marine and Coastal Area Bill will have a high bar to clear in fulfilling the aspirations of Māori and non-Māori alike....