Business

SkyCity gearing up for reopen, NZICC completion date extended to Jan 2025
Retail

SkyCity gearing up for reopen, NZICC completion date extended to Jan 2025

SkyCity Entertainment staff are on site gearing up to reopen if covid-19 restrictions are further eased and Fletcher Construction now has until Jan 2025 to finish the convention centre and hotel project because the pandemic is considered a force majeure event. “At alert level 2,...

Rebecca Howard 01 May 2020
Scott Tech appoints ‘lean thinking’ COO
Services

Scott Tech appoints ‘lean thinking’ COO

Chris Steedman, operations director at Australian defence equipment manufacturer Thales, will jump the ditch to start a new role as chief operating officer at Scott Technology from June 1.Steedman, who had been with Thales – initially in South Africa – for 10 years, will work alo...

Staff reporters 01 May 2020
Govt takes over Tui oil field, plans decommissioning
Infrastructure

Govt takes over Tui oil field, plans decommissioning

The government has seized control of the Tui oil field and hired an international contractor to advise it on the best way to decommission the assets off the Taranaki coast. The field, formerly operated by Tamarind Resources, is shut in and last week the Environmental Protectio...

Gavin Evans 01 May 2020
Ability to pivot is key – Icehouse
Services

Ability to pivot is key – Icehouse

The ability to adapt into new business streams will be critical for the success of small and medium businesses in the “new normal,” Icehouse chief executive Gavin Lennox says. Lennox, marking his 90th day since taking over the reins of the country's largest business incubator...

Brent Melville 01 May 2020