Budget 2012: All you need to know
Finance minister Bill English's 'zero budget' includes a total of $26.5 million in total net new spending over the next four years and will post a surplus in 2014/15. More …
Budget 2012: Cancer Society delighted with ciggy tax increase
Price and consumption are inversely affected, so the Cancer Society is chuffed to see the price of cigarettes on the rise. More …
Business
Budget 2012: Christchurch rebuild a priority
Government 'committed to support Christchurch', announces new quake-recovery spending of $128m, but it's to come out of the $5.5 billion earthquake recovery fund from Budget 2011 More …
Budget 2012: Growth and austerity incompatible
Today's austere budget poses a risk of sending the country back into a recession, an economist says. More …
Business
A tale of two budgets
2Bill English screwed the fiscal wallet to the floor today, while Auckland mayor Len Brown yesterday went for a spend-a-thon. Could this be our very own Franco-German divide? More …
Budget 2012: MED funds culled, science research boosted
Two Ministry of Economic Development funds have been cancelled in the latest budget with both the Enterprising Partnerships Fund and the Transformational Initiatives Fund disestablished, bringing back $26.1 million over the next four years into the government fold. More …
Budget 2012: Tax crackdown looms
The taxman is getting another $78.4 million over the next four years to help deal with the hidden economy, debt collection, and following up on unfiled returns. More …
Budget 2012: SOE sale takings earmarked for new infrastructure fund
The government plans to establish a new Future Investment Fund with the proceeds from SOE asset sales, which is expected to amount to $5-7 billion. More …
Business
Budget 2012: Cigarettes in the crosshairs
A 10 percent increase in excise on cigarettes will produce more than $528 million to play with, while the health sector gets a sizeable boost More …
Women in finance: tackling the disparity
Finsia yesterday announced the launch of a new industry body – the Women in Financial Services Forum – in partnership with BNZ, to tackle gender equity in the industry. More …
Residential caregivers deserve more
2Our residential caregivers provide an indispensable service. It’s time we recognised the work for what it is, and rewarded it accordingly. More …
Raft of employment law changes approved
Bosses won't be required to partake in multi-employer bargaining or (in a return to the original Employment Relations Act) have to conclude a collective agreement under a package of employment law measures approved by Cabinet yesterday. More …
Business boost tipped as Auckland and Beijing buddy up
Auckland’s links to China were reinforced on Saturday with the signing of a statement of co-operation between the Beijing Investment Promotion Board (BIPB) and Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED). More …
Gen-i’s Quin appointed interim Telecom head
Gen-i head Chris Quin – widely tipped to replace outgoing Telecom chief executive Paul Reynolds until the revelation that Simon Moutter had been appointed to the role – will act as interim CEO from June 1. More …
Branding
‘Manage your company as if it were a decent person’
Todd Carmichael of La Colombe Torrefaction thinks the word 'passion' is overused and overrated. But as he told the PSFK conference, that doesn't mean your company is doomed to fail. His take on successful leadership? "I manage the company ... More …
