Falling enrolments prompts voluntary redundancy call at Vic Uni
Nov. 14 (BusinessDesk) - Falling enrolments, particularly in some humanities subjects, has prompted Victoria University of Wellington to invite staff who are "ready to leave" to take voluntary redundancy. The university's vice-chancellor, Grant Guilford, sent an email to all s...
Million dollar tax evasion earns couple jail time and home detention
Nov. 14 (BusinessDesk) - Paying employees under the counter, failing to declare cash sales and reporting substantial losses to avoid both company tax and GST has landed a Hastings couple with prison and home detention sentences for tax evasion totalling more than $1 million. R...
Regulation needed to support 'green' bonds
By Pattrick Smellie Nov. 14 (BusinessDesk) - Urgent investment required to help meet climate change targets is more likely to happen if the government drops its hands-off approach to regulating so-called ‘green’ bonds, Auckland law firm Chapman Tripp says. In a report on th...
Govt pioneers new infrastructure funding model at Auckland subdivision
By Pattrick Smellie Nov. 13 (BusinessDesk) - Infrastructure for a major suburban development on Auckland's Hibiscus Coast will be the first to gain funding from a special purpose vehicle using long-term debt raised by the government's Crown Infrastructure Partners and designed...
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