Bell Gully, BDO, Baker Tilly take up wage subsidies

Bell Gully, BDO, Baker Tilly take up wage subsidies
Victoria Young
Big-six law firm Bell Gully has joined the group of professional services firms getting government handouts, as smaller accounting practices BDO and Baker Tilly Staples Rodway have also taken the funds. Last week BusinessDesk reported on how big law firms including MinterEllisonRuddWatts and Simpson Grierson had decided to shore up their balance sheets by taking the government subsidies.At the time their payments were not publicised on the Ministry of Social Development's website but they can now be reported at $2.1 million and $2.3 millio...

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