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Government names members of tax working group

Government names members of tax working group

By Rebecca Howard Dec. 20 (BusinessDesk) - The government has named the members of the tax working group charged with reviewing the fairness, structure and balance of New Zealand's tax system with the first meeting scheduled for late January. Finance Minister Grant Robertso...

Rebecca Howard 20 Dec 2017
Veritas CEO Morton to buy back Mad Butcher for $8M, less than 25% of original price

Veritas CEO Morton to buy back Mad Butcher for $8M, less than 25% of original price

By Paul McBeth Dec. 20 (BusinessDesk) - Veritas Investments has agreed to sell its Mad Butcher franchisor business to chief executive Michael Morton for $8 million, less than a quarter of what he sold it to the food and beverage investor in a reverse listing almost five years...

Paul McBeth 20 Dec 2017
Facebook, Google different to news producers, court finds

Facebook, Google different to news producers, court finds

By Paul McBeth Dec. 20 (BusinessDesk) - Justice Robert Dobson and Professor Martin Richardson drew a line between online content aggregators and distributors such as Facebook and Google and news organisations Fairfax New Zealand and NZME in rejecting the publishers' appeal to...

Paul McBeth 20 Dec 2017