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BUDGET 2020: $230m funding targets exporters, SMEs, R&D
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BUDGET 2020: $230m funding targets exporters, SMEs, R&D

The Budget will double to 1,400 the number of exporting firms receiving intensive support in offshore markets from New Zealand Trade & Enterprise. Some $32 million would be applied to the Focus programme to achieve that over the next four years, Finance Minister Grant Robertso...

Pattrick Smellie 14 May 2020
BUDGET 2020: Green jobs, retraining, and wage subsidies ticked off in ‘jobs budget’
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BUDGET 2020: Green jobs, retraining, and wage subsidies ticked off in ‘jobs budget’

Targeted retraining, thousands of new green jobs, and an extension to the wage subsidy were among measures unveiled in today’s ‘jobs budget’.

Paul McBeth 14 May 2020
BUDGET 2020: Unemployment seen peaking at 9.8% in September
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BUDGET 2020: Unemployment seen peaking at 9.8% in September

The New Zealand economy faces a relatively short and very sharp recession over the coming year before massive government spending kicks into to help stoke growth.

Paul McBeth 14 May 2020
Unfair trade with China must be tackled - manufacturers
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Unfair trade with China must be tackled - manufacturers

Efforts to rebuild a stronger export economy will be short-lived if the country doesn’t start addressing the cost of unfair trade practices by China, wood and steel processors say. A surge in export log prices – driven by demand from China – is part of a recurring issue that s...

Gavin Evans 14 May 2020