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The latest Auckland Business Chamber confidence survey reveals a climate marked by both challenges and cautious optimism. While 66% of…
The latest Auckland Business Chamber confidence survey, conducted in May, reveals that Auckland businesses are bracing for continued economic headwinds…
The China Business Summit 2024, hosted by NZINC. and Auckland Business Chamber, is gearing up to be the pivotal forum…
Our latest survey is out! According to the results, dark clouds hang over the economy, leaving Auckland businesses very gloomy.…
A renewed focus on growing three technology sectors - CreativeTech, Fintech and HealthTech - could transform Auckland into a world-class…
New Zealand is gearing up to spotlight its relationship with the United States at the upcoming United States Business Summit,…
The Auckland Business Chamber has conducted a post-election Business Confidence Survey, offering a snapshot of the sentiments and priorities among…
New Zealand’s largest ever business delegation to India has generated a remarkable amount of interest and support from Indian government…
The Northern Infrastructure Forum (NIF) is calling for swift progress on infrastructure delivery from the next government, following the release…
Fresh from co-leading a business delegation to India last week, the Auckland Business Chamber is taking 30 Kiwi businesses to…
The involvement of New Zealand businesses in the successful Indian Moon landing epitomises the trade and investment opportunities between the…
Fifty business representatives will leave later this week bound for Delhi, making it one of the largest delegations ever to…
Further progress on plans for an additional Waitemata Harbour Crossing are pleasing, but fundamental questions need to be resolved around…
The Northern Infrastructure Forum (NIF) welcomes the National Party’s transport plan, describing it as a programme that has the level…
The Auckland Business Chamber’s inaugural Europe Business Summit, in partnership with the New Zealand Europe Business Council, will help redefine…
The Auckland Business Chamber welcomes the signing of a ground-breaking Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between New Zealand and the European…
NZ INC. and the Auckland Business Chamber proudly present the highly anticipated 9th Annual China Business Summit - Reconnecting with…
According to the latest pre-Budget survey conducted by the Auckland Business Chamber, businesses want a clear focus on the delivery…
Simon Bridges, CEO of the Auckland Business Chamber, said the early entry is fantastic news for New Zealand exporters and…
New Zealand businesses are feeling increasingly pessimistic about the state of the economy, according to the latest business confidence survey…
The Auckland Business Chamber has today opened the Back to Work grants for applications. Announced as part of the Government’s…
The 167th Annual General Meeting of the Auckland Regional Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Incorporated) will be held at Jade…
The Auckland Business Chamber’s Big Tech Survey has found that one of the most important tasks for small and medium…
Releasing the latest survey results of members before hosting a roundtable discussion on Thursday morning with the new Prime Minister,…
Sustainability, digitalisation and resilient, inclusive trade will be key themes of a major gathering of senior Asia-Pacific business leaders to…
Small and medium Auckland businesses are still very grumpy in November, says Simon Bridges, CEO of the Auckland Business Chamber.…
It is with profound sadness that the Auckland Business Chamber acknowledges the sudden passing of our friend and longstanding board…
It is crystal clear from the Auckland Business Chamber’s October survey of businesses that they want an about-turn from government…
Incoming Mayor Wayne Brown and the new Council represent a welcome chance for a reset with Auckland business, says Auckland…
Echoing deep concerns raised by public transport operators, waste and freight companies across the country are calling on the Government…
Auckland businesses say critical questions must be addressed within the next phase of work on the Additional Waitemata Harbour Connections…
Auckland businesses say massive disruption to the transport network yesterday as a result of an accident on the Harbour Bridge…
As government gets rid of traffic lights and restrictive mask and isolation rules all systems are go to welcome back…
Business has spoken and the messages to the next mayor are clear: stop declaring war on motorists and get on…
It was announced today that senior diplomat and distinguished former ambassador, Rosemary Banks, has been appointed Chair of the NZUS…
The NZUS Council announced today that long-time Auckland based advocacy strategist Penny Tucker has been appointed as Executive Director of…
Businesses, battered by wage, fuel, and supply chain cost hikes and no solution to the skills shortage are increasing their…
At long last, the borders are opening and as midnight strikes on July 31 New Zealand must stand tall to…
As our tourism, hospitality and retail businesses see a glimmer of recovery with a busy winter season and the imminent…
Cuts to fuel tax and road user charges and continuation of half price public transport fares through to the end…
Business will do everything to keep workplaces safe and healthy, but need Government to act constructively to the critical worker…
“New Zealand needs to make up its mind if it is open for business and remove any barriers to make…
The long negotiated Free Trade Deal between New Zealand and the European Union has got over the line, not perfect,…
Business is bracing for the worst, buckling under a perfect storm of wage pressures, skills shortages and overhead increases that…
Remaining in the orange traffic light setting is not a constraint or handbrake to accelerating business recovery, rebuilding, and planning…
It took guts to pull out a silver lining to mitigate the pressure on the family purse from spiralling inflation…
The latest inflation figures are another wake up call for businesses and a reminder to review their cost structures in…
Auckland Business Chamber Chief Executive Michael Barnett said the long awaited and longed for orange setting will provide the confidence…
Last night 500 people, across 5 locations were brought together for an evening designed to celebrate the best businesses in…
If Government announced after Cabinet on Monday a change to the orange traffic light instead of waiting till Thursday the…
So, we’re stalled on red for at least another 10 days but there are mitigations that business – and the…
Last night 500 people, across 5 locations were brought together for an evening designed to celebrate the best businesses in…
To succeed in 2021 the Auckland Business Chamber encouraged business to change, innovate and reimagine the way they work. In…
It will be up to individual businesses to continue to manage risks and implement workplace safeguards to protect staff and…
It’s now up to all of us to help fire up tourism and encourage fully vaccinated family, friends and visitors…
Government has responded swiftly and decisively to ease the pain of volatile energy prices on consumers’ pockets cutting fuel excise…
The reduction to seven-day isolation is a start but it fails to take all the steps Government could take to…
Government has demonstrated flexibility and pragmatism in eliminating self-isolation for fully vaccinated, Covid- free travellers returning to New Zealand from…
The good news is that we are moving to Phase 3 of our Omicron response limiting isolation to only really…
Business will welcome the lifeline of a new six-week package of transition payments, leniency from IRD and an extension of…
Stay at home isolation rules are breaking the backbone of our economy as SMEs are crippled by worker absenteeism because…
Businesses are reeling, closures are looming, with staff forced to isolate and no easy access to Rapid Antigen Tests, a…
Chambers across New Zealand have stated clearly that every business is essential, and every worker is critical to their family…
It’s hard to argue with the good intentions and Government’s pledge to put more money in our lowest wage earners’…
Auckland Business Chamber CEO is challenging as “discriminatory and divisive” the Ministry of Health’s approved list of critical workers who…
It’s not going to happen overnight, but it will happen, much to the relief of thousands of families and businesses…
New Zealand has record low unemployment at just 3.2 per cent, record wage inflation and with the phased opening of…
In just a couple of days over 1,500 Auckland business owners gave voice to their growing economic pessimism and their…
Every worker is critical, every worker is essential, and every employer should have access to the tools and tests to enable…
Government’s 3-stage Omicron plan is light on strategy, short on consultation, and fails to understand what “critical worker” means in…
We are one of, if not, the most vaccinated city in the world, hospitalisation and case numbers are dropping, the…
It’s a great initiative by Government and Auckland Council to offer a voucher and discount scheme, and contestable event fund…
It will be all go for Auckland business under the red setting of the Covid Protection Framework with government recognising…
Kiwi entrepreneurs and exporters should welcome the take-off path to quarantine free travel if fully vaccinated, first to Australia from…
Frustrated and fed-up Aucklanders from locked out business owners to individuals stuck at home will be disappointed that government has…
Government has failed taxpayers and ratepayers with a lack of democratic accountability and community consultation to ram through unpopular plans…
Businesses seeking a mandate to safeguard their workplaces, employees, and customers from Covid will be pleased and relieved at swift…
Government has recognised that businesses feed and employ people, backing employers by doubling the resurgence support payment which will be…
“Well done to the NZ Team on achieving a Free Trade Agreement with the United Kingdom. The UK have enjoyed…
Auckland’s tens of thousands of small and medium businesses are in pain, frustrated at the lack of a clear plan…
Santa Claus will be stuck in MIQ until December 24 and with great disappointment has told his elves and fairies…
Mandatory vaccination for education, health workers, and associated services is an important principle that should hold for all workplaces striving…
“What an insult to SMEs, those tens of thousands of enterprises contributing 30 per cent of GDP, to be excluded…
Congratulations to the consortium of big businesses trying to import rapid surveillance antigen tests to manage workplace health and safety,…
Business confidence has taken a knock with over 60 per cent of Auckland businesses, looking at a more gloomy six…
Government’s phased, 3-stage transition plan to slowly lift restrictions, leaves business desperate for revenue, burdened with debt, shortchanged in the…
As Cabinet decides today on a pathway to progressively release Auckland and the rest of the country from crippling restrictions,…
Auckland business locked down and locked out with their health, financial, and mental wellbeing held hostage by a minority of…
Businesses locked in New Zealand or marooned overseas and locked out of MIQ, will leap at the opportunity to be…
It will be a long and hard road back to economic health but at last thousands of Auckland businesses locked…
New Zealand needs Auckland businesses associated with the manufacturing and home building sectors with vaccinated workforces to return to the…
“It’s not helpful dangling financial carrots in the form of low or no-interest loans to Covid wounded small and medium…
Aucklanders will be disappointed, and businesses devastated by the Government’s decision to keep us locked down under the restrictions of…
Government has given desperate businesses a lifeline by extending the resurgence payment support scheme to help them cover some recurring…
We always expected Auckland to remain at level 4 and Auckland should be delighted for the rest of New Zealand.…
Business is doing it tough, and they’re telling the Government loud and clear there is a need for employers to…
Businesses across the northern region of New Zealand believe they will survive lockdown but are struggling with 60 per cent…
Business will support the swift move for a “short, sharp” country-wide lockdown and be relieved that the wage subsidy will…
Business will be encouraged that Government is working on safe solutions to enable quarantine-free travel for all vaccinated travellers based…
The Auckland Business Chamber is pleased to announce the two recipients of the 2021 Michael Barnett Scholarship. This scholarship was…
