Coronavirus
Business-related coverage of the coronavirus outbreak and how it affects New Zealand.
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...
Listed Companies
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
Govt throws kitchen sink at struggling SMEs: new loan guarantee scheme detail
Deep concerns about the economic pain among SMEs will see onerous aspects of the government's bank finance support scheme removed and its scope extended.
Economy
NZ job-seeker support numbers rise; confidence 'falls off cliff'
It is hardly surprising people have no plans to buy major household items anytime soon as droves continue to turn to job-seeker support. The number of jobseeker recipients has jumped by more than 35,000 since March 20, a few days before the country went into lockdown, the Trea...
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