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Tax fraudster Barrie Skinner turned down by Parole Board

Tax fraudster Barrie Skinner turned down by Parole Board

By Paul McBeth May 10 (BusinessDesk) - Former Wellington accountant Barrie Skinner has had his latest application for an early release rejected by the Parole Board.  In a hearing on April 26, Skinner parole application was turned down for a third time, with the board saying...

Paul McBeth 10 May 2017
NZX wants best practice in the boardroom with new governance code

NZX wants best practice in the boardroom with new governance code

By Paul McBeth May 10 (BusinessDesk) - NZX says it wants international best practice in the boardrooms of publicly listed companies with the release of a new corporate governance code set to come into effect from October.  In the first substantial overhaul of governance rul...

Paul McBeth 10 May 2017
NZ guest nights dropped in March as Easter holiday period falls in April

NZ guest nights dropped in March as Easter holiday period falls in April

By Tina Morrison May 10 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand national guest nights dropped in March, as the busy Easter holiday period fell in April this year. Total guest nights declined 3.1 percent to 3.87 million in March compared with the same month a year earlier, Statistics N...

Tina Morrison 09 May 2017