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1.Service sector crease bound?

Published 30 January 2012, from BusinessNZ

The service sector returned to a more subdued level of expansion in December, according to the BNZ - BusinessNZ Performance of Services Index (PSI). The PSI for December was 50.6.Read More

Tagged in: Services,Market and Technical Insight,Benchmarking

2.Brighter end to the year for manufacturers

Published 25 January 2012, from ManufacturingNZ

Manufacturing activity improved enough over December to be back in positive territory, according to the latest BNZ - BusinessNZ Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI). The seasonally adjusted PMI for December was 51.9.Read More

Tagged in: PMI,Market and Technical Insight,Benchmarking

3.Asian investors keen on organic baby food

Published 01 January 2011, from BusinessDay.co.nz

Christchurch organic baby food company Green Monkey has Thai and Chinese investors interested in taking a stake in the company. The seven-year-old company has been developing a niche market of premium organic baby food using contract organic growers and suppliers and outsourcing the manufacturing of the products to a plant in Napier to enable the company to remain lean.Read More

Tagged in: Trade Opportunities and Marketing,Food

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4.Banning industrial CERs will result in increased costs for all says BusinessNZ

Published 22 December 2011, from BusinessNZ

The Government’s announcement that it is banning industrial gas certified emission reduction units (CERs) from being purchased in New Zealand will potentially have a serious knock-on effect to the costs felt by businesses and households, says BusinessNZ Chief Executive, Phil O'Reilly.Read More

Tagged in: Emissions Trading,Trade Opportunities and Marketing

5.Manufacturing management research

Published 20 December 2011, from ManufacturingNZ

Dr Ken Platts from Cambridge University runs the Centre for Strategy and Performance for firms in the manufacturing sector. He was recently in New Zealand and gave some lectures at The University of Auckland providing some practical examples of how a good strategy and execution can add significantly to a manufacturer’s competitiveness and on-going success.Read More

Tagged in: Manufacturing,Global Competition

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6.Service sector bounce back for November

Published 19 December 2011, from BusinessNZ

The service sector recovered from a previous lacklustre result to record its highest level of expansion for 20 months, according to the BNZ - BusinessNZ Performance of Services Index (PSI). The PSI for November was 56.6.Read More

Tagged in: Services,Market and Technical Insight,Benchmarking

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