Business confidence lifts as labour shortages ease - NZIER survey
The survey is the piece of data the RBNZ will see before making its OCR call tomorrow.
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ANZ Business Outlook survey for September showed a small improvement in sentiment.
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New timber processing plant rises from ashes
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The business currently employs five staff.
Pequot nation's wealth more than entire collective economic value of Māori iwi
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Kmart introduces robots to its NZ stores, opens huge new facility
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Businesses are increasingly grumpy with the Govt and worried about cost of climate change.
Coromandel business owners hope for a summer resurgence
Coromandel recorded the dubious honour of the biggest drop in retail spending nationwide.
‘All but die’: US firm questions Kiwi tech's $113m offshore sale, OIO again delays decision
The Commerce Commission is also looking into the deal.
Masala Bazaar breaking the ‘stereotypical lens’ for South Asian women in business
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Business confidence on the rise as inflation expectations fall
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