Western Saharan phosphate 'critical' to covid recovery - Ravensdown
Fertiliser cooperative Ravensdown says it should be “congratulated not castigated” for keeping the lines of supply open for critical phosphate rock into New Zealand during the covid-19 global crisis. The farmer cooperative, which together with Ballance Agri-Nutrients, forms a...
Back to the drawing board on commercial rent abatement legislation
It's back to the drawing board for the coalition government and those commercial tenants who would have qualified for rent abatement after the government’s commercial rent relief legislation was shelved this week. But the scuttling of the rent abatement bill - after coalition...
Dunedin's CODE goes live for those who are game
Dunedin's Centre of Digital Excellence, launched eight months ago with the injection of $10 million in seed capital from government's provincial growth fund, is fast tracking its funding process and made its first funding tranche of $700,000 available yesterday. Tim Ponting, o...
Bad debt provisions dent MTF earnings
MTF Finance's first-half profit fell by more than a third as it lifted provisions for increased bad debt on the back of the covid-19 crisis, although the worst may be still to come. Decelerating vehicle financing numbers during the New Zealand lockdown saw sales drop by 90 pe...
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