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Labour force business goes into receivership
A national construction labour force business with 11 offices and more than 1000 staff and contract workers has gone into receivership five days before Christmas with the loss of “many” jobs.Deloitte’s Rob Campbell wrote to customers of ELE Holdings saying how “we are mindful of...
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Willis draws bright line to revive deteriorating books
More work on the tax programme is still to come.
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Adrian Orr fronts MPs on the economy
Low GDP and high migration a surprise to Reserve Bank chief.
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ASB forecasting first OCR cut in August next year
A weaker-than-expected GPD result has brought forward the bank's predictions.
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