Opinion: Council needs to cut costs, not ambition for city
Business Canterbury Chief Executive Leeann Watson says with a ‘golden decade’ ahead of us, the Christchurch City Council must take a more deliberate and ambitious approach than the one outlined in the Draft Long Term Plan 2024-34.
Conferences generate off-peak benefits for Christchurch
With Christchurch set to host a series of high-profile international conferences back-to-back, May is shaping up to be high-paced for many local businesses in what is traditionally a quiet, off-peak tourism month.
New winter travel campaign for Canterbury
The Canterbury region is preparing for its most lucrative winter travel period in a decade with local businesses anticipating a bumper ski season and high demand across the school holidays.
SME confidence rise muted as green shoots eclipsed by cost concerns
SMEs’ expectations around New Zealand’s economic performance over the next 12 months have changed significantly compared to this time last year, and the financial health of businesses is also on the up – but cost pressures continue to cause concern, according to new data from MYOB’s Annual Business Monitor.
Measuring the good
For many impact organisations, there’s no question that they are doing good work. The challenge is how to quantify it.
Pacific Radiology partners with the Crusaders
Pacific Radiology Group (PRG), a division of RHCNZ Medical Imaging Group, is now an official partner of The Crusaders Super Rugby Club. Through this new partnership, Pacific will supply their world class medical imaging services, including MRI, CT, PET-CT, x-ray and ultrasound scans to the team.
Economic snapshot of the region
ChristchurchNZ recently released its Quarterly Economic Report, providing a snapshot of the Christchurch and Canterbury economy and how it compares to the rest of New Zealand. So what does this mean for local businesses?
Business confidence positive, but with headwinds looming
Business Canterbury released the results of its March Quarterly Canterbury Business Survey, highlighting generally positive business confidence, but also some potential headwinds coming as the effects of rising costs and dwindling consumer demand bed in.
Selwyn businesses anticipating brighter outcomes this year
Selwyn businesses are expecting trading conditions to improve over the next six months, according to respondents in the latest Selwyn Business Survey.
Christchurch Airport interim dividend over-delivers for the city
Christchurch Airport has released a half-year result which will deliver to the city a higher interim dividend than forecast, from a total operating revenue of $115.5m for the six months to 31 December 2023.
