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Better protection needed for national infrastructure, pipeline inquiry told
Infrastructure

Better protection needed for national infrastructure, pipeline inquiry told

By Gavin Evans June 4 (BusinessDesk) - The lack of sanctions for people damaging national infrastructure and covering it up needs to be addressed, Refining NZ chief executive Mike Fuge says. The company operates the Marsden Point oil refinery and its contractors use a combi...

Gavin Evans 04 Jun 2019
Greymouth seeks early contact on partial Kowhai surrender
Infrastructure

Greymouth seeks early contact on partial Kowhai surrender

By Gavin Evans June 4 (BusinessDesk) - Greymouth Petroleum says it will meet with officials soon to arrange the surrender of part of its Kowhai petroleum mining permit in Taranaki. The High Court last week endorsed a condition of the original 2009 permit that required Greym...

Gavin Evans 03 Jun 2019
Fletcher Building rejigs annual earnings guidance after completion of Formica sale
Infrastructure

Fletcher Building rejigs annual earnings guidance after completion of Formica sale

By Rebecca Howard June 4 (BusinessDesk) - Fletcher Building rejigged its full-year earnings before interest and tax guidance after completing the sale of its Formica business ahead of schedule, effectively lowering the top end of that guidance. The US$840 million sale of Fo...

Rebecca Howard 03 Jun 2019
Chorus suspends Clearvision from working on UFB network
Infrastructure

Chorus suspends Clearvision from working on UFB network

By Rebecca Howard May 31 (BusinessDesk) - Chorus has suspended subcontractor Clearvision Communications from working on its ultrafast broadband network after the Employment Relations Authority found several breaches of employment standards.   “Given the authority’s determin...

Rebecca Howard 31 May 2019


Victoria Young
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. 
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. 
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