Thursday, 17 December 2020, 11:08 am
Auckland, NZ. TradeWindow, the New
Zealand-headquartered digital trade ‘super-connector’
has welcomed strategically aligned investor Quayside
Holdings Ltd to its investor family in an over-subscribed
capital raise, with NZ$6.4 million of convertible notes
issued, against an initial $5 million target.
ASB Bank
led the latest capital round, backed by a significant
investment from Tauranga-based institutional investor,
Quayside Holdings Ltd. Quayside Holdings is a 54.1% owner of
the Port of Tauranga, which owns half shares in Northport,
Port of Timaru, the new inland port at Ruakura and logistics
company Coda – providing a strong connection into the
nation’s freight and logistics infrastructure.
A fourth McDonald s has been given the green light to be built in Australia s fattest town. Councillors voted on Tuesday night in support of the development in the country music capital of Tamworth, in northeast New South Wales. The fast food restaurant will be constructed on the corner of Peel and Marius streets in North Tamworth, next to an aged care facility, and includes a McCafe, play area and waiting bays. The site is a walking distance of 2.5km from McDonald s in the regional city centre, 3km from McDonald s Tamworth West and 5.9km from McDonald s Tamworth South. It has an estimated construction cost of $3.34 million and is expected to open late next year.
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Australia s outlook for 2021 is improving but we don t expect normal life any time soon
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While the economy is performing better than expected, most of us think it will be some time before things are back to the way they were
‘Clearly, life is returning to some sort of normality … and yet we are actually not too optimistic about it completely returning to normal.’ Photograph: Chris Putnam/Rex/Shutterstock
‘Clearly, life is returning to some sort of normality … and yet we are actually not too optimistic about it completely returning to normal.’ Photograph: Chris Putnam/Rex/Shutterstock
Some 220,000 jobs are still missing after Covid-19 lockdowns hammered the economy, government statistics revealed on Tuesday.
The worst-affected industry has been accommodation and food services which had 12.8 per cent fewer jobs on 28 November compared with 14 March.
Media and telecommunications almost suffered as badly with an 11.6 per cent drop in the number of jobs, ABS stats revealed.
The worst-affected industry has been the hospitality sector which had 12.8 per cent fewer jobs on 28 November compared with 14 March
The least-affected industry has been finance and insurance which has 4.5 per cent more jobs, followed by public administration which has 3.1 per cent more.
The data showed a steady increase in employment in recent weeks as payroll jobs rose 0.4 per cent across the fortnight to 28 November.