Face-to-Face is a new feature from newzealandinc.com where we sit down for a chat with young business leaders from around the globe. We’ll be running a special series of these from China where we talk to young New Zealanders doing big things on the ground here. The first in newzealandinc.com’s Face to Face China series is with the director of …

The property market may be taking off, but there is no sign of the manufacturing sector doing the same, according to the latest BNZ-Business New Zealand Performance of Manufacturing Index. The December PMI was barely in positive territory at 50.1, up 1.3 points from November, but down on the readings in December 2011 and 2010. BNZ described the overall index …

Publisher Fairfax Media is moving more sub-editing work from Australia to New Zealand in a bid to reduce costs. Fairfax has already moved sub-editing work from the Newcastle Herald, the Illawarra Mercury and community titles to New Zealand, resulting in the loss of 66 jobs in Australia. On Wednesday it said it will move the copy sub-editing of its Financial …