Forestry Industry Consulting
Forestry has long been part of New Zealand’s history, and the Blackburne Group has actively participated in the growth of this important industry, one of the country’s largest export earners.
Specialist skills in the following areas have been developed to service this unique sector of our economy:
Taxation/ACC
Acknowledged expertise in maximizing claims for contractors, including emphasis on business structures to maximise asset protection and minimise tax/ACC liabilities. Blackburne Group wrote the New Zealand Institute of Forestry taxation chapter for the NZFI Handbook, the industry’s ‘Bible”
Investment
Expertise in establishing 1000’s of hectares of forest land throughout New Zealand. We pride ourselves on our expertise and ability to focus on investors individual requirements while minimising overheads and maximising profit.
Contracting
Harvesting, trucking, silviculture - we can do it all. We have developed special costing models and expertise to assist our clients in all the contracting industries, including:
- machine costings
- day and tonnage rate calculations
- mileage calculations
- fuel and cost indexation
Our expertise is reflected in a clientele spread throughout New Zealand, a factor which assists us in keeping in touch with all aspects and areas of “our” industry.