Andrew Fairgray

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56 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 2d ago

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The Mike Hosking Breakfast · Andrew Fairgray: 2degreees Chief Business Officer on the new report saying the 'return to normal' narrative is no longer influencing business confidence · 8 Jun 2026 podcast

I think it's a bit more optimistic than a grind.

So 76% of the respondents say that it's either the same or more optimistic than last year.

So that's positive.

61% of the respondents are expecting revenue growth.

That's mainly in larger businesses with more than 50 FTE.

And 20% of the businesses are saying they're thriving, which is the highest level since the studies began.

So we are starting to see, particularly some of the new businesses that are emerging,

leveraging technology, some signs of positivity are moving forward just in the new norm.

My observation through the last seven years of doing this survey is that they're generally digitally native.

So they're coming in with a view of the world, how to leverage technology day one.

One of the things that is clear today

that we've seen over the years is that there is a digital inequity across New Zealand businesses and the skills that people have.

So that's why we partner with the Chamber of Commerce throughout New Zealand to support educating businesses to leverage technology and help their business go forward.

We do.

I think, you know, the fact of if we really want to get ahead from an economic perspective and drive our productivity, you know, our utility costs, particularly around the cost of power, we really need to get under control.

That's Andrew Fairgrave, Two Degrees Chief Business Officer.

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