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Free advice about loans and finance companies

A new campaign is providing free advice about loans and about how to complain about finance companies.

Annual Report 2011/12 published

The final Annual Report for the Ministry of Economic Development has been published.

MBIE wins at Australasian procurement awards

The Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) won two awards at the Australasian 2012 Procurement Professional Awards held in Melbourne last night.

Cycle Trail future to be in the hands of passionate locals

The New Zealand Cycle Trail is moving from the construction phase to setting the stage for its longer-term governance and management.

Inflation increase for employee payments during insolvency

Maximum payments to employees during insolvencies are due to increase in line with inflation.

Radio Spectrum Five Year Outlook released

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has today released its proposed five-year work programme for radio spectrum management, for comment.

All-of-Government contract for travel services signed

The All-of-Government contract for the procurement of travel management services has now been let by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

New Ministry starts work

The new Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) comes into being today (1 July 2012).

Appointments to new Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

The Acting Chief Executive of the new Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, David Smol, has appointed the acting senior leadership team who will lead the Ministry from 1 July.

Auckland Innovation and Business Assistance papers released

Auckland’s innovation system and the best targets for small business assistance are subjects of two Occasional Papers released today by the Ministry of Economic Development.

Businesses urged to get PPSR-savvy

It turns 10 years old today, but too many small businesses still fail to understand the importance of the Personal Property Securities Register.

Acting Chief Executive for Ministry of Business, Innovation and employment announced

The Acting Chief Executive Designate of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) will be David Smol, currently the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Economic Development.

New Ministry confirmed

The Government has today confirmed its plans to establish the new Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment on 1 July 2012.

Briefings to incoming ministers released

The Ministry of Economic Development has today released its briefings to incoming ministers.

Online outage report released

The Ministry of Economic Development has today released a report into an outage that affected its online services last year.

Service improvements for Ministry of Economic Development

The Ministry of Economic Development is upgrading key parts of its website infrastructure to improve the reliability of its online services.

New Ministry background papers published

Cabinet papers, Cabinet minutes and reports were published today about establishing the new Ministry of Business, Information and Employment in order to drive the business growth agenda.

More illegal dog-tracking collars intercepted

Despite a clampdown on illegal dog-tracking collars, importers and hunters are continuing to flout the law, with more than 100 devices intercepted this summer.

New Ministers announced

New Ministers have been announced for the areas the Ministry of Economic Development works in.

Statement of Intent 2012-2015 now available

The Ministry of Economic Development has released its Statement of Intent 2012-2015.

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