New Zealand is the 18th most competitive nation in the world, according to the Global Competitiveness Index.

Parcel and LTL shipping software provider SmartFreight is added to the growing portfolio.

New Zealand will be officially represented at the China International Import Expo, with two pavilions that will showcase a range of quality products. David Parker, New Zealand’s Minister for Trade and Export Growth, considered the expo an opportunity to send the right message to Chinese consumers.

A Warkworth-based company owned by multi-billionaire IT mogul Larry Ellison and part-funded by Callaghan Innovation is at the centre of a bid to take the wind out of the sails of the next America’s Cup competition in Auckland . . . Read More . . .>

The Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce will have three new faces on the Board for 2018/19, says Chief Executive Leeann Watson.

Council of Trade Unions President Richard Wagstaff was pleased to have announced today a working model for moving forward with better employment laws for those in the film and screen industry.

17 Oct: 12:30 | Belgium-based Summa, providers of Summa-branded vinyl cutters, flatbed cutters, thermal printers and related media and materials, announces its purchase of UK-based CadCam Technology, which develops and manufactures laser cutting and laser engraving machines, as well as software.

New Zealand decision automation software company dominates in global competition to recognise most commercially successful application of business rules

Luton-headquartered workspace management software provider SmartSpace has acquired a New Zealand-based business for £5.4m.

16 Oct: 1138  | Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has opened a $165 million expansion of its bottling and warehouse facility at Richlands, making the Brisbane facility the company’s largest Australian manufacturing plant.