One of New Zealand’s longest-serving editorial managers, Rick Neville, has taken early retirement from his role as chief operating officer for the local operations of APN News & Media to become a lobbyist for the newspaper industry. Neville, 64, took up the part-time Newspaper Publishers Association role after leaving APN at Easter, in a restructuring, many of which Neville said …

The New Zealand dollar may fall this week as signs of weaker global growth wrong-foot record bets on further gains in the kiwi. The local dollar recently traded at 84.05 US cents from 84.19 cents in New York on Friday. The trade-weighted index fell to 77.79 from 77.91. The kiwi may trade in a range of 83.30 US cents to …

Restaurant Brands, which operates the local KFC, Starbucks, Pizza Hut and Carl’s Jr fast-food brands, has dismissed speculation it might be in the running to buy 40 KFC stores in Western Australia. The Auckland-based company has denied media reports that it might be looking at buying Competitive Foods’ KFC stores in Western Australia, it said in a statement to the …