Business New Zealand
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Business NZ is New Zealand’s largest business advocacy body, headquartered in Wellington
, New Zealand
. The president of the Business NZ council is Trevor Goodwin and Phil O'Reilly is the chief executive.
around the turn of the 20th Century.
and the Otago Southland Employers’ Association, which offer services and support to 14,500 member companies.
BusinessNZ's Major Companies Group (MCG) helps ensure that New Zealand's largest companies are heard in policy, business and economic debate.
The MCG is a working group with a collective weight of influence that enables it to provide strong counsel to government and other key decision makers. Around 60 members, representing a large proportion of New Zealand's GDP, have joined the MCG since its establishment in 2008.
Membership of the MCG provides:
Access to specialised policy forums
Contribution to research and policy development
Specialist independent policy advice
An opportunity to engage in influencing the political and regulatory business framework
National and regional representation
The work of the Major Company Group is carried out within the overarching governance of the BusinessNZ Council.
BusinessNZ also represents more than 70 of New Zealand's national industry associations with a combined membership of some 76,000 employers, which together employ about 80 per cent of the country’s private sector employees.
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New Zealand Listener magazine voted BusinessNZ CEO Phil O'Reilly 3rd on the Power and Influence List of 2009, Business and Economy, describing him as, “one of the most effective lobbyists we have seen in a long time.”
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. The president of the Business NZ council is Trevor Goodwin and Phil O'Reilly is the chief executive.
History
Business NZ was formed from the 2001 merger of the NZ Employers' and Manufacturers' Federations, Business NZ has a two hundred-year history, with its four regional business associations established in the four main centres of New ZealandNew Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
around the turn of the 20th Century.
Membership
Membership is drawn from the Major Companies Group and four of the country’s largest regional business organisations: The Employers and Manufacturers Association Northern , the Wellington Employers' Chamber of Commerce, the Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of CommerceChamber of commerce
A chamber of commerce is a form of business network, e.g., a local organization of businesses whose goal is to further the interests of businesses. Business owners in towns and cities form these local societies to advocate on behalf of the business community...
and the Otago Southland Employers’ Association, which offer services and support to 14,500 member companies.
BusinessNZ's Major Companies Group (MCG) helps ensure that New Zealand's largest companies are heard in policy, business and economic debate.
The MCG is a working group with a collective weight of influence that enables it to provide strong counsel to government and other key decision makers. Around 60 members, representing a large proportion of New Zealand's GDP, have joined the MCG since its establishment in 2008.
Membership of the MCG provides:
Access to specialised policy forums
Contribution to research and policy development
Specialist independent policy advice
An opportunity to engage in influencing the political and regulatory business framework
National and regional representation
The work of the Major Company Group is carried out within the overarching governance of the BusinessNZ Council.
BusinessNZ also represents more than 70 of New Zealand's national industry associations with a combined membership of some 76,000 employers, which together employ about 80 per cent of the country’s private sector employees.
Advocacy
BusinessNZ advocacy, based on consultation with thousands of member businesses, is aimed at achieving growth-related goals for trade, the economy, the business environment, infrastructure, energy and the environment, skills and innovation and employment relationsLabor relations
Industrial relations is a multidisciplinary field that studies the employment relationship. Industrial relations is increasingly being called employment relations because of the importance of non-industrial employment relationships. Many outsiders also equate industrial relations to labour relations...
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New Zealand Listener magazine voted BusinessNZ CEO Phil O'Reilly 3rd on the Power and Influence List of 2009, Business and Economy, describing him as, “one of the most effective lobbyists we have seen in a long time.”