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Introduction The key comparison uses Paycheck Protection Program data from the Small Business Administration by ZIP code alongside small employer figures from the Census Bureau’s ZIP Codes Business Patterns. We calculated each area’s share of Kansas City small employers, firms with fewer than 500 employees. Then we determined how many more — or fewer — PPP loans each ZIP code received than it would have gotten had it received the same share of loans as its share of small employers. Inv...

RNZ 8 April, 2021, 12:45 pm Bruce Mitchell says there just arent enough workers to harvest his apples for export. Photo: RNZ / Tom Kitchin Fruit, meat works and food processing industries are calling on the government to open Pacific borders to tackle what they’re calling their worst ever labour crisis. At a media conference in Napier this morning they demanded more help. Apples are rotting on the ground at many orchards. Chestergrove Orchards owner Bruce Mitchell said he could not find enou...

Covid-19 coronavirus: Orchardists plead for Pacific Island travel bubble 6 Apr, 2021 08:46 PM 5 minutes to read Travel bubble - orchardists plead with Govt for Pacific Island bubble. Video / Hawkes Bay Today Orchardists say more than $600m is set to be lost to from regional economies like Hawkes Bays as a result of the massive shortage of workers to pick fruit. The regions orchardists, exporters and growers reliant on seasonal work say theyve worked through the season with "anxiety and desperat...

Growers make desperate plea to Govt for certainty on Pacific travel bubble Newshub 2 hrs ago Alice Wilkins © Image - Getty; Video - Newshub. Watch: Growers make desperate plea to Govt for certainty on Pacific travel bubble. Orchardists, growers, and exporters are making a desperate plea to the Government for some certainty around a quarantine-free travel bubble with the Pacific Islands. Many are in peak harvest right now, but without the seasonal workers they rely on from p...

SUPPLIED Orchardist Bruce Mitchell left six blocks of royal gala apples on the trees this season due to a lack of pickers. “I was desperate and did everything I could to find people to harvest the apples, but on the day, we started, I was expecting 20 pickers and only two people turned up, so we physically couldn’t pick 40 per cent of the gala crop.” Mitchell is among hundreds of orchardists and exporters who have left export quality fruit on the trees or compromised quality with fruit ...

Industries desperate for workers urge government to open borders to Pacific Tom Kitchin © RNZ / Tom Kitchin Fruit, meat works and food processing industries are calling on the government to open Pacific borders to tackle what theyre calling their worst ever labour crisis. At a media conference in Napier this morning they demanded more help. Apples are rotting on the ground at many orchards. Chestergrove Orchards owner Bruce Mitchell said he could not find enough pickers to pic...

Desperate pleas for a government plan to allow Pacific Island seasonal workers to return As the labour shortage across New Zealand hits crisis point as fruit harvesting is at its peak – Exporters, Growers, Food Companies and industry leaders make a desperate plea to Government for a plan to allow Pacific Island seasonal workers to return later this year. At a media conference in Hawke’s Bay, they called on the Government and Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi, for a plan that would allow more...

Bruce Mitchell is the Alligator Man from the History Channel’s Swamp People. He lives just outside of Houma, Louisiana. He is one of the original cast members of the show. He is an alligator trapper, beekeeper, and chef. He creates videos showing how to prepare Louisiana recipes. Mitchell says when the producers first approached him about appearing on Swamp People, he did not want to do it. He refused. But after learning it was going to air on the History Channel (the one channel he watches w...

Mainstay Medical Announces Commercial Launch of ReActiv8® in Australia DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mainstay Medical Holdings plc (“ Mainstay” or the “ Company”) today announced the commercial launch in Australia of ReActiv8®, its implantable neurostimulation system to treat chronic low back pain. “Launching ReActiv8, our Restorative Neurostimulation therapy, commercially in Australia is a significant milestone for our global commercial expansion. Several top Australian physicians have ...

Local Gym Climbs To Nation’s Best A local gym was honored by the national rock climbing community as being the best in the nation. Bend Rock Gym received the honor as part of the 2020 USA Climbing Community Awards designed to honor individuals, teams, facilities, and events that stand out in the USA Climbing community each year. According to USA Climbing’s website, hundreds of nominations were received and reviewed by USA Climbing staff, committee members, and volunteers. “The Community A...