A new digital training, advice and support service will enable small businesses to take advantage of opportunities in e-commerce as […]
Tag: SMEs
Loan scheme lifeline for SMEs
To ensure SMEs (Small to Medium Enterprises) are better able to weather the storm stemming from the COVID-19 lockdown, the […]
Hope-ful signs – banking on relief for small businesses
A raft of relief options for businesses from banks has given small businesses ‘hope’, BusinessNZ contends. “Businesses should keep in close communication with their […]
Stronger dose of rescue remedy needed for SMEs
Hundreds of thousands of small to medium enterprises (SMEs) are fighting for survival, reeling in shock and bewilderment from […]
SMEs record sales of $153b in 2018
Small businesses contributed $153.1 billion, or 25.3 per cent, to total industry sales in the 2018 financial year, Stats NZ […]
Rising wages requires rising productivity too
Today’s announcement by the Labour-led coalition government that the minimum wage will rise to $17.70 per hour on 1 April […]
‘Underwhelming’ budget for business
Budget 2018 has failed to provide certainty for small business and business in general, around industrial relations, tax, red tape, […]
Joint project to boost trans-Tasman exports
The Prime Ministers of New Zealand and Australia have agreed to investigate ways to boost the flow of business and […]