Business interruption has been identified as the biggest insurance problem for firms following the February earthquakes in 2011.

Listed firms are taking longer to pay their bills, according to the latest Dun & Bradstreet survey.

The World Internet Project New Zealand has found the use of the Internet in New Zealand continued to rise this year with 86% of New Zealanders online.

Employees should not expect pay rises over 5% as seen before the recession, with over half of organisations in a Mercer survey saying HR operating and salary increases budgets are on hold.

National Wage and Salary survey projects increases in pay rates in most industry sectors this year.

A simplification of tax policy could be a big vote winner amongst the business vote.