Business

Turners ready to help Kiwis replace almost 1m old clunkers
Retail

Turners ready to help Kiwis replace almost 1m old clunkers

Turners Automotive Group is gearing itself for the looming requirement for New Zealanders to replace almost 1 million cars over the next few years.The country's largest auctioneer-turned-car-retailer said while the softening of the pre-owned car market last year had continued...

Brent Melville 03 Aug 2020
How Canterbury quakes drove the Tarras airport dream
Infrastructure Free

How Canterbury quakes drove the Tarras airport dream

Christchurch’s waning appeal as a visitor destination following its destructive earthquakes has forced its airport company to seek greener pastures to meet the demand for dividends from its city council and government shareholders.After five years of productivity gains since the...

Denise McNabb 01 Aug 2020
ON THE MONEY: Mainfreight, Fisher Funds, F&P Healthcare and more
Opinion

Victoria Young: ON THE MONEY: Mainfreight, Fisher Funds, F&P Healthcare and more

Welcome to On the Money, BusinessDesk’s weekly column on money and the people making it.Computershare unfiltered When Stride Property shareholders logged into their virtual annual meeting on Wednesday, they could hear two males making hugely derogatory comments about company dire...

Victoria Young 01 Aug 2020
Waikato's BBC to double tech staff with $14m R&D centre
Primary Sector

Waikato's BBC to double tech staff with $14m R&D centre

BBC Technologies wants to more than double the size of its team developing an artificial intelligence blueberry sorting system with a $14 million investment in a new research and development facility.  The company current employs 40 people on the technology side of its busines...

Dan Brunskill 31 Jul 2020