Slideshow ( 2 images )DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co said Tuesday it plans to launch a new subscription software service aimed at small businesses, in collaboration with enterprise software company Salesforce.com Inc. The software service, called VIIZR, will be offered starting next year by the automaker’s Ford Pro commercial vehicle and services unit. Based on Salesforce technology, the system […]

An empty drink bottle blocked a sewer pipe at New Zealand’s tallest apartment tower, causing backup which damaged apartments but that was quickly resolved, a building chief says. Dan Ashby, director of commercial construction company Icon which built Auckland’s 57-level The Pacifica, said the bottle had blocked a sewer pipe. “There was an unfortunate incident at a sewer stack which […]

A petition to try to force Team New Zealand to defend the America’s Cup in Auckland has been withdrawn after reports that the team’s boss warned it could mean the syndicate collapses. This Thursday the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron was due to hold both its annual general meeting and a special general meeting where members would vote on a […]

If things had gone according to plan, New Zealand Trade Minister Damien O’Connor would be in Geneva now, wrapping up the first big ministerial meeting at the World Trade Organisation since 2017. Instead he got as far as London and returned early after it was called off because of Covid’s new Omicron variant. He is now having his third stint […]

The parent company of Boots, Britain’s biggest high street chemist, is to explore a sale of the business next year that could value it at well over £5bn. Sky News has learnt that Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) is lining up Goldman Sachs, the Wall Street bank, to advise it on a review of options that could result in new owners […]

After more than 100 days in lockdown, Aucklanders can finally hit their local bar again. Join Focus reporter Cheree Kinnear, Ninety Nine Reasons founder and event director Frankie Mahoney and NZ Herald business editor Liam Dann live at 5pm from Auckland’s Longroom in Ponsonby to celebrate the re-opening of hospitality and to discuss all things business in a Covid world. […]

OPINION: On the face of it, a draft report on how greenhouse gas emissions from farms could be quantified and priced is derisory. On a closer look it is a bit more defensible. It is a draft discussion document arising from the He Waka Eke Noa process — a partnership of farmer groups, iwi and the Government — to design […]

Emirates has restored daily services into Auckland, plans more flights into New Zealand next year, and is considering bringing back the double-decker A380. The airline has been flying passengers constantly into the country during the pandemic, aside from a brief pause when its entire fleet was grounded just as Covid-19 struck early last year. Emirates’ regional manager Chris Lethbridge said […]

The Reserve Bank could require commercial banks to pay more to cover the cost of making cash easily available as fewer people use it. A new Reserve Bank discussion document called Future of Money – Cash System Redesign outlines some of the challenges and possible solutions for traditional paper money. Among those is addressing the costs of ensuring cash remains […]

NEW YORK — Retailers are expected to usher in the unofficial start to the holiday shopping season Friday with bigger crowds than last year in a closer step toward normalcy. But the fallout from the pandemic continues to weigh on businesses and shoppers’ minds. Buoyed by solid hiring, healthy pay gains and substantial savings, customers are returning to stores and […]