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Wage subsidies, new debt line keep Warehouse workers on full pay
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Wage subsidies, new debt line keep Warehouse workers on full pay

Wage subsidies and new debt facilities are making it possible for The Warehouse Group to keep all its 11,000 employees on full pay throughout the covid-19 lockdown. The group said it had received almost $70 million in wage subsidies, deferred spending and added $150 million of...

Dan Brunskill 09 Apr 2020
Finally some good news: Zany Zeus lives!
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Finally some good news: Zany Zeus lives!

Amid the dreadful drumbeat of covid-19 job losses and business closures, a tiny ray of light for consumers of high-end organic dairy products: financially threatened Wellington boutique cheese, yoghurt and ice cream maker Zany Zeus has been rescued.The popular Lower Hutt-based co...

Pattrick Smellie 08 Apr 2020
Franchise Association: Landlords need to be reasonable
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Franchise Association: Landlords need to be reasonable

While most businesses and landlords are able to agree an equitable split of commercial lease costs during the covid-19 lockdown, some landlords are reportedly refusing to budge on leases.The Franchise Association of New Zealand, whose members operate largely in the retail, food r...

Brent Melville 07 Apr 2020
Letting butchers process pigs 'not enough' - pork industry
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Letting butchers process pigs 'not enough' - pork industry

NZ Pork has expressed its disappointment with the agriculture minister's decision to allow butchers to process pork for supply to supermarkets and essential food processors only."It is good that they listened but our initial assessment is that won't make any significant change to...

Brent Melville 03 Apr 2020