Business
Policy
Govt to spend $6m a week beefing up air freight capacity
The government will spend about $6 million a week to help boost air freight capacity coming into and out of the country. Transport Minister Phil Twyford today announced the scheme to help underwrite cargo capacity on key air routes. That funding then enables carriers to negoti...
Services
Vista and ScreenPlus offer cinemas a streaming service
Vista Group International continues to shrug off forecasts that the cinema industry is doomed but it has started offering exhibitors their own streaming services to tide them over while theatres around the world stay shut as the coronavirus crisis rages.The Auckland-based company...
Economy
60 jobs at risk as BlueScope mulls pipe unit closure
BlueScope Steel has told workers it may shut part of its Glenbrook mill, with the loss of up to 60 jobs. Workers at the pipes and hollows plant, which makes galvanised pipe and hollow steel sections for construction, were told of the plan yesterday. A five-week consultation...
Primary Sector
Forestry group plans recruitment, training
Forest owners, processors, officials and educators met today to identify training and recruitment priorities for the sector as the economy emerges from the covid-19 lockdown. The Forestry and Wood Processing Workforce Council was formed earlier this year to tackle skill shorta...
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