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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. Investigations in your inbox Email address There’s no way to determine what percentage of eligible bu...

RNZ 8 April, 2021, 12:45 pm Bruce Mitchell says there just aren't 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 enough pickers to pick his royal galas. “The apple crop that you see here represents 10 to 12 months ...

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 / Hawke's Bay Today Orchardists say more than $600m is set to be lost to from regional economies like Hawke's Bay's as a result of the massive shortage of workers to pick fruit. The region's orchardists, exporters and growers reliant on seasonal work say they've worked through the season with "anxiety and desperation beyond belief". And they are calling on the Government to open a travel bubble with the Pac...

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 places like Samoa and Fiji they're short-staffed and watching produce go to waste.  Bruce Mitchell's...

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 not picked at the optimal time. “We can’t continue to spend money on keeping our business alive...