Lewis Rd Creamery owner to get loan discounts for hitting environmental farming targets

Southern Pastures - the owner of Lewis Road Creamery - is to get discounts on the interest rate of its loan if it meets certain environmental targets in a deal with the BNZ and its funding syndicate.The three year $50 million loan... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Covid-19 coronavirus: Letter goes viral after worker fired for raising health concerns

An employee at one of America's largest grocery store chains has been fired for suggesting customers be subject to a "three strikes policy" when they fail to wear their masks properly.Ben Bonnema's story went viral this week after... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Virgin Galactic shares plunge after Branson flight delayed

Virgin Galactic Holdings sank after the company said its next test flight as well as founder Richard Branson's trip into space had been delayed. Shares in the company dropped 14pc to $36.50 before the start of regular trading Friday... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Covid 19 coronavirus: Community helps bakery after lockdown call

By RNZ Several thousand pastries and loaves of bread were destined for the bin until Dough Boys Bakery in Auckland put out a call to the community to help.Goods had been baked and were ready to go to farmers' markets across... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Covid 19 coronavirus: IRD website back online, businesses can apply for support payment

"Inland Revenue's systems are back online early after completing the latest round of Business Transformation work ahead of schedule," IRD said in a statement late this afternoon."The system was scheduled to be shutdown until 8am... Source: NZ Herald Business News

By | February 27th, 2021|Business|0 Comments

Covid 19 coronavirus: Return to Level 3 will hit business hard

Aucklanders are waking up this morning to Alert level 3, and the rest of the country level 2.That means a large portion of businesses - hairdressers, gyms, cinemas, among others, will keep their doors shut and operations on hold... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Covid 19 coronavirus: Grant Robertson confirms business support packages

Finance Minister Grant Robertson has confirmed that since the latest Covid-19 lockdown is more than seven days, business support now kicks in.It comes after a new Covid-19 case was detected in the community yesterday afternoon.... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Dunedin contractors, beach-goers in standoff over sea lion, pup

A Dunedin business is defending its actions after angry beach-goers accused it of endangering a threatened New Zealand sea lion and her pup as it worked on a city beach yesterday.Tensions ran high as Nash & Ross staff began taking... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Melissa Caddick death: More remains wash ashore after teens' grisly find on Aussie beach

More human remains have washed ashore in Australia after a foot belonging to alleged fraudster Melissa Caddick was found on a beach by three teen campers.Forensic investigators attended the site near Mollymook Beach on NSW's south... Source: NZ Herald Business News

By | February 26th, 2021|Business|0 Comments

Real estate agents under fire for not repaying wage subsidies

By Nita Blake-Persen of RNZ Real estate agents are under fire for failing to repay millions of dollars in wage subsidies, despite record property prices and a booming market.RNZ Checkpoint can reveal more than $13 million was... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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