NZ Rugby faces 70% revenue loss
Coronavirus

NZ Rugby faces 70% revenue loss

Disruption caused by the covid-19 pandemic means NZ Rugby’s revenue for the 2020 calendar year may decline by up to 70 percent, stakeholders were told at the organisation’s annual meeting today. Chief operating officer Nicki Nicol said the previous year’s positive result – a l...

Victoria Young 30 Apr 2020
Receivers progress deal to keep Burger King afloat
Retail

Receivers progress deal to keep Burger King afloat

Suppliers and landlords of Burger King are to forgo millions of dollars in payments from the chain’s private equity owners as progress is made on a deal for its survival.  The owner of its outlets in New Zealand, Tango Holdings New Zealand, has been in receivership since April...

Victoria Young 29 Apr 2020
StretchSense re-enters US through acquisition
Retail

StretchSense re-enters US through acquisition

Futuristic textile company StretchSense is back in the US market after buying animation studio MoCapNow. Last September, the Kiwi company was purchased out of administration by the newly-formed Sensor Holdings, which is majority-owned by venture capital fund Global from Day One (...

Victoria Young 28 Apr 2020
How commercial courts are coping with covid-19
Law & Regulation

How commercial courts are coping with covid-19

The commercial courts are back in action this week, following the five-week lockdown, and attention is now turning to the backlog created by the necessary closures. More than 20 High Court civil hearings are listed for today, compared with just handfuls each day under alert level...

Victoria Young 28 Apr 2020