We provide advice to the Minister for Small Business and Manufacturing, lead policy development to support sector resilience and growth, and deliver services that help small businesses and manufacturers to thrive and succeed.
The Government is expanding the Digital Manufacturing Light programme to support the adoption of digital tools for small and medium-sized manufacturers.
Government agencies are now expected to pay businesses that send them eInvoices within five days under new procurement rules that kicked in this month.
The Government has introduced new legislation to make markets more competitive, which benefits consumers and drives economic growth.
In the financial year 2024/25 the Regional Business Partner (RBP) Network recorded its highest level of engagement outside the COVID-19 response period, supporting nearly 4,500 businesses. This is a 7% increase over the previous year and a sharp 13% rise compared to 2022/23.
The Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment consulted on 2 proposals to strengthen New Zealand’s Capital Markets.
Aiding the New Zealand Artificial Intelligence Strategy to accelerate private sector AI adoption and innovation.
Artificial Intelligence and its uses will continue to evolve, so its important New Zealand businesses connect and collaborate to support responsible approaches.
A new certification scheme is now in place to help put New Zealand cosmetics products on shelves in China.
Responsible training data collection and modelling practices support useful, secure and fair artificial intelligence systems.
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