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Lawyers, accountants cut drawings, seek subsidies
The country's biggest law and accounting firms are shoring up their balance sheets in response to the covid-19 crisis by limiting partners drawing cash in advance of year-end profits, taking up the government wage subsidy and freezing new hires. Among large and long-established f...
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Aggrieved kiwifruit growers take negligence fight to top court
Kiwifruit growers fighting the government for compensation for the 2009 PSA outbreak say they will appeal today’s Court of Appeal decision against them. A comprehensive, unanimous decision of Court of Appeal president Stephen Kos, Justice Brendan Brown and Justice Patricia Courtn...
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Fulton Hogan asks staff to take 2 weeks leave
Fulton Hogan is asking its estimated 5,000 New Zealand employees to take two weeks annual leave in April, despite receiving the government's wage subsidy to help it manage through the coronavirus crisis and national lockdown.Chief executive Graeme Johnson made it clear in a video...
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Cryptopia liquidation: judge rules bitcoin is property
A High Court judge has ruled cryptocurrency must be recognised as property in a legal win for account holders in failed exchange Cryptopia. Christchurch-based Cryptopia was formed in 2014 but went into liquidation in May 2019 after suffering a hack and the loss of $30 million in...
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Victoria Young
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With a professional career spanning New Zealand, Singapore, and London, Victoria Young has been with BusinessDesk since 2019, initially as a senior reporter before taking on the role of investigations editor in 2022, then editor in 2024.
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She has been instrumental in growing BusinessDesk as this country’s premium business news brand.
She was the 2023 recipient of a Brian Gaynor initiative grant.
Victoria holds law and arts degrees from Victoria University of Wellington.
You can follow her on Twitter @victoriayoung03 or connect with her on LinkedIn here.
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