Mainfreight boss said wage subsidy return was heavily queried by bureaucrats
‘They didn't want us to give it back; they questioned, were we of the right mind?’
Julie Iles
Wed, 26 May 2021
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Mainfreight MD Don Braid said it was easier to get money from the government's wage subsidy scheme than it was to repay it.
The NZX-listed company was among the first large corporates to give back what it had claimed under the Covid-related scheme, $10.6 million for its more than 15,000 Kiwi
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Julie Iles
Wed, 26 May 2021
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