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Primary Sector
Synlait Milk looking to slash headcount by 15%
Synlait says the move will generate up to $12m a year in savings and is a 'complete reset' of how it operates as a business.
Primary Sector
$52m of forfeited fishing boats quickly returned to service
While boats are often being forfeited to the Crown for fishing offences, that punishment is routinely short-lived.
Primary Sector
A2 Milk to be bumped out of S&P ASX50
The company’s market capitalisation has dropped to A$4.26 billion.
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Jenny Ruth: Skellerup: the more than 11-year overnight success story
Turning Skellerup around proved to be a long hard slog in which changes took years to pay off.
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Riley Kennedy
Senior Journalist
Riley Kennedy joined BusinessDesk in 2022 and covers New Zealand’s primary sector, with a focus on the country’s agribusinesses and the broader food and fibre economy. He won the DairyNZ Industry Award at the NZ Guild of Agricultural Journalists and Communicators Awards in 2024, and was named Emerging Journalist of the Year by the New Zealand Shareholders Association in 2022. Riley previously worked as a business specialist at the Otago Daily Times and holds a diploma in journalism from Wintec.
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