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The sun’ll come out tomorrow...
LET’S NOT BEAT around the bush. Whatever your profession or role,
working for a living certainly isn’t getting any easier.
If you believe the statistics, reverting to more restrictive Alert Levels since the last magazine came out has left another dent in the already somewhat battered building industry
Indeed in this respect Stats NZ recently felt the need to report on the time and cost e ects of the pandemic on the building industry.
Following the Alert Level 4 lockdown, home builders told Stats NZ that they were expecting median delays of 33 working days as a result of COVID-19 (and other factors, including labour and materials), while non- residential projects were estimated to extend out by almost a month.
All of which will inevitably have a knock-on e ect down the line.
en there is the unknown e ect of the Government wage subsidies ending, the usual e ect of Christmas on credit and payments...
Not wishing to forecast hell in a handbasket, caution will be many businesses’ remedy for all this uncertainty.
Indeed, in our regular Statswatch column (see page 14), CreditWorks’ Alan Johnston concludes: “While clearly, no-one knows
what the future holds in this uncharted, post-Covid world, I believe we need to
be very careful when it comes to taking lending risks in the near future, as although it appears solid, the ice could be very thin in some places.”
ON A BRIGHTER NOTE
On a brighter note, congratulations to our rst set of Hardware Awards Semi-Finalists in the Retailer and Young Retailer of the Year categories:
Retailer of the Year:
• Cli ord Buchler – Mitre 10 MEGA Te Rapa & Ruakura
• Tim Davis – PlaceMakers Wanaka • Neil Finn-House – Mitre 10 MEGA
Dunedin
• Brendan Hall – Mitre 10 Crofton Downs
& Gisborne
• Jeremy Prentice – Mitre 10 MEGA Petone • Joe Reece – PlaceMakers Whitianga
Young Retailer of the Year:
• Morgan Caine – PlaceMakers Westgate • Nadia Ducrot – PlaceMakers
Kaiwharawhara & Porirua
• Anton Hawkey – Mitre 10 MEGA
Papanui
• Luke Hughes – Mitre 10 MEGA Wanaka • John Ryan – Mitre 10 MEGA Masterton
Last but not least, do take a moment
to book your seat at the 2020 Hardware Awards – there’s always a last minute rush and seats are limited, so don’t leave it until too much later...
All the details of the 2020 Hardware Awards and how to reserve your place at the industry event of the year can be found online at www.hardwarejournal.co.nz/ awards/awards-2020/
Steve Bohling, editor steveb@mpm.nz
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