Business

Development of OMV discovery could deliver $1b-plus to Crown
Infrastructure

Development of OMV discovery could deliver $1b-plus to Crown

Development of an oil and gas discovery off the Taranaki coast has the potential to deliver the government more than $1 billion in royalties and taxes and could help secure long-term energy supply if there is sufficient gas to warrant piping it ashore.Energy consultancy Enerlytic...

Gavin Evans 14 Apr 2020
Burger King operator in receivership, blames coronavirus
Retail

Burger King operator in receivership, blames coronavirus

The New Zealand operators of Burger King are putting the business up for sale, citing the “significant impact” of the covid-19 lockdown on the fast-food business. Korda Mentha’s Brendon Gibson and Grant Graham were today appointed receivers for Tango Finance, Tango New Zealand an...

Victoria Young 14 Apr 2020
NZME layoffs, cost-cutting won’t plug ad revenue hole
Services

NZME layoffs, cost-cutting won’t plug ad revenue hole

NZME has laid off 200 staff and asked the rest of its workforce to take a three-month pay cut as it looks for additional savings to plug the gap left by a slump in advertising revenue.The publisher of the New Zealand Herald newspaper and owner of The Radio Network expects this mo...

Paul McBeth 14 Apr 2020
Appetite for business, mortgage holiday schemes fades
Finance

Appetite for business, mortgage holiday schemes fades

Many firms aren't making use of the business finance guarantee scheme once they realise the government's guarantee of 80 percent of the loan is given to the bank, not the borrower, who still has the same obligation to repay.Similarly, individuals interested in taking mort...

Jenny Ruth 14 Apr 2020