The month of June saw a pick-up in the level of expansion for the manufacturing sector, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for June at 56.2.
Media Releases
Recent media releases from BusinessNZ.
Fairness the key requirement in government purchases
Fairness is the key requirement in government procurement policies, says BusinessNZ.
Safety and fairness in ACC experience rating
Experience rating in ACC would be a major step towards increased safety and fairness, says BusinessNZ.
BusinessNZ launches ground-breaking new website for manufacturers
BusinessNZ is today launching a new online resource specially designed to help manufacturing businesses in New Zealand to raise their game.
Business supports local government amendment
Business supports changes to the Local Government Act to get better decision making by local authorities.
Wild weather dampens service sector activity for May – PSI
While the service sector experienced its seventh consecutive month of expansion, comments from businesses showed the weather played a role as activity softened slightly in May, with a seasonally adjusted PSI for May at 53.3.
Moderate manufacturing expansion in May – PMI
New Zealand manufacturing continues to be in expansionary territory for May, although it has eased back slightly from the April expansion, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for May at 54.5.
Economy on the rise
Improvement in the economy is heralded in the BusinessNZ Planning Forecast for the June quarter 2010.
NZ represented on international business body
BusinessNZ Chief Executive Phil O’Reilly has been elected to the Executive Board of the Business & Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC) to the OECD.
Budget move towards higher-earning economy
Business will view the Budget as a positive move towards a more competitive, higher-earning economy says BusinessNZ.
Competitiveness decline is concerning
NZ’s decline in global competitiveness ranking is a matter of real concern, says BusinessNZ.
Commonsense ruling welcomed
BusinessNZ has welcomed the Supreme Court’s ruling on the issue of replacing striking workers, in the case Air Nelson Ltd v EPMU.