A retail industry group predicts luxury fashion label Kate Sylvester will not be the last to come under pressure from a tough economy.

The Reserve Bank has left the official cash rate unchanged for a sixth consecutive meeting.

Alongside happiness and air quality, a new report also investigated how friendly Auckland was towards start-ups and entrepreneurs.

KiwiSaver and other investment fund managers should be doing more to support impact projects, an investor says.

The closure of the Kiwibank counter has left elderly residents without vital services and business owners facing long trips by car to do their banking.

The job market in Wellington is dire, with plenty of candidates but no work, a public sector recruitment agency says.

The fashion label will sell its final summer collection and wind up the business in mid 2025.

The decline in productivity over the past 12 months has likely added pressure to the bottom lines, Xero says.

Businesses are being more selective over who they give salary increases to, favouring top-performing talent, a survey found.