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'Asleep at the wheel': Auckland businesses lash out at Govt, call for 'no jab, no job' mandate
Auckland lockdown is killing businesses
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Small business growing dissatisfied with Govt - MYOB poll
Businesses less happy with level of Government support than before election.
Retail rage: Angry shoppers throw stock and abuse staff
Retail staff are increasingly facing abuse, threats and violence from angry customers.
Survey: Worker anxiety, depression rising with lockdowns. How to beat it
Tips for staff and bosses.
Pandemic pushes online shopping up 9%: new survey
In China, online shopping is worth almost US$2t/year and accounts for half of spending.
Why 37,000 businesses are still waiting for wage subsidy support five weeks into lockdown
MSD says it has obligation to taxpayers not to make payments without right information.
Liam Dann: Level 3 brings big drop in economic cost ... and a lifeline for business
The country could afford to stay at Level 4 longer, but many Auckland businesses didn't.
Small Business: Olivia Moon's journey to entrepreneurship
Nodi Rugs Founder Olivia Moon's journey to entrepreneurship.
Liam Dann: How can the data look so good when we feel so bad?
We could lose many of our most loved local businesses without making a dent in GDP.
Business Hub: From cleaning floors to co-founding an IT business
Entrepreneur Diana Sharma on why diversity in the workplace is so important.
Wage subsidy deadline cops flak
But MSD says it has no plans to lengthen the application timeframe.
How businesses can take some of the risk out of a cyber attack
Legal experts say who is most at risk.
Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg: Resilient Māori businesses show the way
OPINION: Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg cites three things every business can do to succeed.
A pandemic, job loss and the great epiphany, a perfect blend for Honest Rum
Covid-19, jobless and the great epiphany mixture for an Honest Rum.
Economy Hub: Recovery position - Robertson on beating Delta and the path to reopening
Finance Minister defends use of Covid response funds and says he has more than enough.
Economy Hub: Andrew Bayly - 'Delta virus has changed the game altogether'
NZ needs to super-charge business and grow its way out of debt says National's money man.
Opinion: How 'tax forgiveness' could help SMEs weather Covid woes
New Zealand's tax system is primarily punitive, rather than encouraging tax compliance.
Hospitality group to push Govt for more 'targeted financial support'
Meeting set up with ministers amid threats to withhold GST.
Draft resurgence payment applications to be wiped ahead of criteria change
The criteria changes from six months in operation to one month on Thursday.
Long wait for some business owners to get wage subsidy
Two weeks after applying some are still to see any money.
Small Business: Why Dan Carter jumped on the NFT bandwagon
What drove former All Black Dan Carter to delve into NFTs?
Building products run short in level 3 regions as Auckland production curbed
Fletcher Building has stopped making Pink Batts as Auckland is under level 4 restrictions.
Wage subsidy glitch: Accountant shocked by MSD response to system outage
The department put the two-hour outage down to human error.
Wage subsidy headache: Website outage blamed on technical glitch
Wage subsidy applications appeared to close early and were then extended to 7am Friday.
Pay wave fees waived, at least for now
Banks say they are giving small businesses some certainty.
Dane Ambler: Want to help local businesses? Get vaccinated
OPINION: Dane Ambler says NZers wanting to support small businesses have one option.
The wage subsidy scheme change that could catch some businesses out
Applications for the second tranche of this wage subsidy open Friday at 9am.
Ongoing financial support needed for business during alert level 3
Business groups are asking for an ongoing government support during level 3 lockdown.
Small Business: Mission Ready a educational Institute to help career shift
Management trainee and an accountant come together to start a tech company, Mission Ready.
Sarah Trotman: Mandatory scans bad news for small business
OPINION: Sarah Trotman asks why café owners should be responsible for other's actions.