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Taylors Contracting wins national award for work on Tasman district riverbanks
Taylors Contracting has won a Civil Contractors New Zealand national award for its work maintaining the riverbanks in Tasman district.

Foodstuffs to open latest rebuilt Christchurch New World in Redcliffs
Foodstuffs South Island's earthquake rebuild programme has reached completion, with $108 million invested in replacing Canterbury supermarkets since the damaging quakes. New World Redcliffs, servicing "the bay area", is the latest in a series of four rebuilds that also include New Worlds in St Martins and Kaiapoi and a Wainoni Pak 'n Save. Foodstuffs SI has invested about $20m in Redcliffs, $25m in St Martins, $23m in Kaiapoi and $40m in Wainoni. READ MORE: * Next New World supermarket to open for business * Court rules quake-damaged Lladro figurines are art works The co-operative also recently opened new stores at Wigram and Pak 'n Save Rangiora (opened in September) and has also built a New World in Ilam, opened in November 2011. Redcliffs opens on Wednesdaywith a catchment including Sumner, Taylors Mistake and stretching back in towards the city, where it will face competition from a Countdown in Ferrymead. Redcliffs owner operator Julia Spence said there were more than 100 jobs being created at the New World..

Taylors College sold
Ownership of Auckland education facility Taylors College has changed hands as part of a deal described by investment bank Goldman Sachs as ''the first large leveraged buyout in Australia to complete since the onset of the financial crisis.''

Dual listing for Spotless
Australian company Spotless Group will trade on the NZSX as a dual listed company from Monday after taking over dry cleaning company Taylors Group. The firm's shares will continue to be quoted on the ASX. Major food service contracts...

Spotless extends offer for Taylors
Spotless Group extended its offer for the remaining shares in Taylors Group Ltd by two weeks, reflecting slow uptake from minority shareholders in the listed laundry business.

Geoff Taylor retires, closes Taylors Engineering in Blenheim
An engineering company that pioneered new ideas for several Marlborough industries will close its doors after almost half a century following the retirement of its founder.

Foodstuffs SI to open latest New World in Redcliffs
Foodstuffs South Island's earthquake rebuild programme has reached completion, with $108 million invested in replacing supermarkets since the damaging quakes. New World Redcliffs, servicing "the bay area", is the latest in a series of four rebuilds that also include New Worlds in St Martins and Kaiapoi and a Wainoni Pak 'n Save. Foodstuffs SI has invested about $20m in Redcliffs, $25m in St Martins, $23m in Kaiapoi and $40m in Wainoni. The co-operative also recently opened new stores at Wigram and Pak 'n Save Rangiora (opened in September) and has also built a New World in Ilam, opened in November 2011. Redcliffs opens on Wednesdaywith a catchment including Sumner, Taylors Mistake and stretching back in towards the city, where it will face competition from a Countdown in Ferrymead. Redcliffs owner operator Julia Spence said there were more than 100 jobs being created at the New World.

Chuck Taylors get a comfortable revamp
There's no doubt Chuck Taylors are cool. But comfortable? Not so much.Converse plans on answering this long-standing critique on Thursday when it unveils a spiffier, pricier version of the nearly century-old sneakers. The biggest...

Grape glut recovery lengthy
Taylors Wines chief executive Mitchell Taylor has warned it could take up to four years for the Australian wine industry to recover from the crippling grape glut that has slashed vineyard valuations and pushed many winemakers into losses.

Spotless extends offer for Taylors a second time
Spotless Group extended its offer for the remaining shares in Taylors Group by one week, the second time it has pushed back the closing date, reflecting a slow uptake from minority holders in the laundry business