PM Key drops first budget announcement – more help for exporters

PM Key drops first budget announcement – more help for exporters
By Pattrick Smellie April 2 (BusinessDesk) – Prime Minister John Key has opened this year’s round of pre-budget new policy announcements, promising an average $13.75 million of new spending annually over the next four years to give intensive export market assistance to a further 200 New Zealand firms. That will take the number of exporters receiving intensive assistance from the government’s trade arm, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, to 700 and will be backed by seven new staff positions in China, three new positions in Latin America, and t...