More businesses optimistic about outlook – survey

Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date October 12, 2021

Business confidence is showing few signs of buckling in the face of the prolonged Covid-19 lockdown.

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Heartwarming: Thoughtful driver uses indicator to tell you what they’ve just done September 17, 2024
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Police say they won’t respond to bomb threats anymore as ‘it’s never anything’ September 16, 2024
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National Party board denies it unanimously agreed to Collins’ Faustian bargain with Satan November 26, 2021
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Super Saturday recap: Patrick Gower doesn’t know what he’s supposed to do October 16, 2021
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Sir Bob Jones dead at 85 May 2, 2025
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