It has been a busy year for the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s (MBIE) Digital Economy team working on the MBIE Business Uptake of ICT project. MBIE want to thank you for your input to date – it has been integral to the evidence base, key insights and design of the pilot project that was run this year.  In wrap up the project’s trial phase, MBIE wanted to give you a quick update on progress and our plans for the New Year. Continue reading

The Health and Safety at Work Strategy was launched last week, setting out the Government's vision for improving workplace health and safety across New Zealand over the next ten years. Continue reading

The Minister of Immigration has this morning launched public consultation on a set of proposals to reform employer support – temporary work visa settings, and early thinking on aligning the immigration, welfare/employment, and skills/education systems on a regional basis. Continue reading

The release of an additional revised version of section C5 will be available on Friday 30 November 2018 and is a technical proposal to be known as the ‘revised (yellow) section C5’.  Continue reading

Wellington Region Chambers of Commerce and Business Central have delivered the skilled talent candidate profiles for December Continue reading

In late March 2019 the UK will leave the European Union. We want your views on what should be in our future free trade agreement. Continue reading

The FIDIC Young Professionals Forum Steering Committee (YPFSC) is now accepting member nominations for 2018-2019. Continue reading

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment is consulting on proposals to update and change the Building (Product Certification) Regulations 2008 (the Regulations) for the CodeMark Scheme (CodeMark). Continue reading

MBIE would like to address uncertainty in the sector about the future status of Section C5 of the Engineering Assessment Guidelines for the seismic assessment of concrete buildings. Continue reading

This is a reminder that there’s still time to share your views on the future of New Zealand’s trade policy – Trade for All. Submissions close on 14 October. Continue reading