Mainfreight’s Plested talks taxes, climate change and succession

Mainfreight’s Plested talks taxes, climate change and succession
Victoria Young
By Victoria Young Aug. 1 (BusinessDesk) - Mainfreight chairman Bruce Plested spoke out about multi-nationals who don’t pay tax in New Zealand and addressed climate change at the company’s annual meeting earlier this week.  In his opening remarks, the Mainfreight founder ran through the usual profit and revenue figures, but also drew attention to the $54 million in tax the company will pay for the year ended March 31, a $9 million increase on the previous year.  Plested noted that the company would pay that money for “health, education...

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