News and releases

For the first time Māori businesses can identify themselves Māori business on the New Zealand Business Number register.

From today, small businesses will be able to benefit from a Government-funded Digital Boost skills training and support initiative.

The Government is extending the Business Debt Hibernation (BDH) scheme by 10 months to 31 October 2021.

Some of the temporary COVID-19-related relief measures introduced by the Government earlier this year have been extended, while others are no longer available or are soon to expire.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment is today reinforcing that safe working practices are critical to operating within Alert Level 2 and Alert Level 3 and that businesses must self-assess what they need to do to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 transmission.