Jacob McSweeny

Only a handful of games companies are driving booming growth in the gaming industry in New Zealand, leaving behind a vacuum where new companies should be appearing.

Some Dunedin bar and restaurant owners say they have no problem with mandatory contact tracing, but the difficulty is convincing customers to play ball.

Real estate and mortgage businessman Mike Pero says he has an airline ready to fly people from Christchurch to Rarotonga if New Zealand opens its borders with the Cook Islands.

Otago and Southland both plunged downwards in the ASB regional economic scoreboard due to the drop in tourist and foreign student numbers as well as the announced Tiwai Point closure.

The closure of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter is "disastrous" for engineering in the South and it will send shockwaves through the sector.

After spending $2.3 million on new equipment, United Machinists bosses Alex and Sarah Ramsay could be forgiven for sweating a little when work orders dipped perilously low after the lockdown.

Rubber has been ever-present in Har Chei and Joyce Ng’s lives.

South Port will lose about $2million in profit and 33% of its cargo volume when the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter closes next year.

Businesses associated with the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter say its closure will seriously harm their incomes and jobs.

New Zealand has had its biggest quarterly fall in GDP since 1991, a University of Otago economist has found.

Burgers, pizza and bubble tea will be on the menu at a new restaurant opening in George St next month.

Scott Technology has had to let go of 20% of its global workforce, including 15 jobs in Dunedin, as a result of Covid-19 impacts.

Another bank will shut its doors in Dunedin next month.

A George St bakery is expanding to take over a neighbouring cafe.

A Southern employers’ group is expecting a new wave of redundancies and restructuring at the end of the extended wage subsidy.

While many businesses are finding it tough right now, a Dunedin engineering parts store has been humbled by its own roaring trade.

Another Super Rugby Aotearoa game in Dunedin, another great night for the city’s bars and clubs.

A Dunedin-made ventilator hood that could be a major support for hospitals managing Covid-19 outbreaks is now being manufactured.

Penelope Baldwin jokes she should have copyrighted the use of the word kind, before the Prime Minister made it her catchword.

Support for businesses was in high demand during the Alert Level 4 lockdown, figures from the Otago Chamber of Commerce show.