VIDEO: Don Braid with Paul Holmes on the Economy

Q&A Interview

Paul Holmes discusses the economy with Mainfreight Ltd [MFT.NZ] managing director Don Braid,

Far North Mayor Wayne Brown and Economist Shamabil Yarkob today on Q & A.

Focus on what Don Braid says about the economy. His experience is that it is growing from exporting and his own company has grown in the last quarter, mainly from poaching market share off competitors.

He emphasizes that businesses that are surviving the current recession have done so by cutting back business fat: employees, removing poor business practices, economising where possible and that growth for New Zealand is going to be long and hard - something I have been saying for the last two years.

Don quoted this statistic:

From 2004 - 2010 the Public Admin and safety sector increased employment by 20% while the manufacturing, transport and warehousing sector dropped by the same amount.

Too many bureaucrats got us into this recession in the first place and we need to strangle off the clipboard carriers so we can grow businesses and the economy.

I interviewed Don late last year and he is very forthright and straight up with his answers. No bullshit and no bluster.

His take on the economy now and over the coming years I believe is an accurate place on where we are at present.


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Ryman Healthcare: Government Tax & Depreciation Changes Impact

Not released to the market as yet so exclusive Share Investor Blog, are the following impacts on Ryman Healthcare Ltd [RYM.NZ] from recent changes by the government on the corporate tax rate and depreciation rates on commercial buildings as disclosed in an upcoming Share Investor Q & A with Ryman CFO Gordon MacLeod.

Interview Extract:

SI - How much impact will the recent Government tax changes on building depreciation affect Ryman and will the lower corporate tax rate ameliorate the situation if the company has been impacted?

GM - At this early stage we estimate that we will lose tax depreciation on buildings of $9m to $10m. Shareholders currently pay tax at 33% on our dividends, so they will start to receive the benefit of imputation credits once tax losses accumulated during our investment / growth phase have been utilised over the next 2 to 3 years.

At first glance, like other listed NZX companies the impact on changes from these changes will be largely a balance sheet entry with little material impact on the company and therefore Ryman shareholders.

You can read the extensive and exclusive interview with Gordon Monday morning, August 9.


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Ryman Healthcare: Interview sneak peak

The Ryman Healthcare Ltd [RYM.NZ] Share Investor Q & A is running a little late and will be ready Monday morning. It is quite an extensive interview with Ryman CFO Gordon MacLeod and will cover the usual topics the Share Investor Q & A's do (see links below for additional interviews) with some company specific information.

I originally asked a question about the possibility of Ryman expanding into Australia before the news was made public earlier this week that they were going to do just that and here is an extract from that part of the Q & A just to get to salivating for the full run down on Monday.

SI- How long will the first village be assessed before expanding further?

GM – We will carefully assess the entire Australian experience, from land acquisition to consenting to constructing, sell down and operations. During the initial sell down phase of the first stages we will get a good feel for how we are going. We have strict business case criteria for capital pay back of a village and we will set the same criteria as we do in NZ for whether the opportunity stacks up.

Gordon's answers expand on the NZX release from the company on Tuesday and he gives an insight in the Q & A about expansion into the OZ market and what might make his company successful when so many Kiwi companies have failed there in the past.

So come and read the full interview Monday morning at Share Investor Blog.

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