The themes for this question fall into 7 areas:
SME needs - Really understand the needs of SMEs, listen to us and focus more on targeted ways to support us. Be more agile and responsive to SME needs now, not in 2 years time. Consult more with us when considering new legislation. Be a lot more business focused and friendly, particularly mid-size business friendly – we have the power and potential and yet we’re often overlooked.
Speed - Less task forces and more decisive, swift, business-like action. Run the country like a business. Have a long-term plan for the country that enables and supports quick decision-making focused on business growth and a sustainable economy.
Inflation - Anything and everything possible to reduce inflation and get the labour market back into balance.
Immigration - We need to be doing everything possible to make NZ an attractive place to come and work. This means having policies and practices that speed things up and encourage and enable skilled, semi-skilled and migrant workers to come to NZ. Make it easier to get migrant workers and recognise their overseas qualifications. The delays in approval needs to be reduced. More skilled workers for software, engineering and manufacturing in the short-term and create a business focused development path to grow the people we need.
Infrastructure - Invest in NZ’s infrastructure – health (mental health), education, law & order, housing, transport – ports, airports, public transport. Seriously look at how to increase NZ shipping capacity – NZ Shipping Co?!
Tax/Subsidies/Incentives - Create a more intelligent and responsive tax system. Introduce tax relief and/or incentive systems that support SMEs. More carrot, less stick. – to grow; to compete on the global stage; to improve productivity; to invest in R&D, plant, machinery; for climate change actions; tax cuts or tax relief for businesses if you can prove your $$ are better spent elsewhere; accelerated depreciation for companies seeking to invest in higher productive technology; raise tax brackets not minimum wage; incentivise provincial migration – home deposit schemes; provide funding for 1 FTE per SME company dedicated to productivity improvement projects.
Upskill Kiwis – focus on upskilling Kiwis; double down on training incentives for trades; reframe apprenticeship, vocational and engineering pathways ins secondary schools as equal to university education.
The themes for this question fall into 7 areas:
Red tape – Less bureacracy, regulation, compliance costs and red tape. Reduce the costs of doing business.
Stop trying to centralise everything.
Financial support for those that are capable of working but don’t want to work; giving money away to people who won’t work for it; stop paying people to stay at home.
.
Legislating changes that add cost – minimum wage; leave entitlements; employment laws/regulations.
Less committees, working groups and high-paid consultants/advisors.
Less barriers to entry and hoops to jump through to come to NZ to work.
Beating up on primary industry/farmers – Rules on top of rules on top of rules. Compliance.
Make childcare tax free.
A coordinated long-term infrastructure plan. 20+ year plan to identify and build infrastructure to remove the crippling shortages currently affecting NZ. A national por/transport plan to co-ordinate shipping/ports and rail.
Something to encourage educated NZers to stay and contribute to our nation.
Pay more for nurses to work in the health sector.
Improve the education system.
Provide better mental health services.
Capital gains tax.
Policies that ensure our own country’s suppliers are favoured for government work despite WTO rules.
Drop GST on fresh goods – seafood, meat and produce.
Depreciation write-offs up to $150k per year.
Revisit our building code so we stop rewarding a handful of corporations that have managed to monopolise the market with their products/systems causing a stranglehold on supply and pricing.
Continue to support and grow the RSE scheme to provide more labour for NZ and a form of public aid to the Pacific Islands.
Ireland:
Australia:
Singapore:
Denmark:
UK:
The themes for this question fall into 7 areas:
SME needs - Really understand the needs of SMEs, listen to us and focus more on targeted ways to support us. Be more agile and responsive to SME needs now, not in 2 years time. Consult more with us when considering new legislation. Be a lot more business focused and friendly, particularly mid-size business friendly – we have the power and potential and yet we’re often overlooked.
Speed - Less task forces and more decisive, swift, business-like action. Run the country like a business. Have a long-term plan for the country that enables and supports quick decision-making focused on business growth and a sustainable economy.
Inflation - Anything and everything possible to reduce inflation and get the labour market back into balance.
Immigration - We need to be doing everything possible to make NZ an attractive place to come and work. This means having policies and practices that speed things up and encourage and enable skilled, semi-skilled and migrant workers to come to NZ. Make it easier to get migrant workers and recognise their overseas qualifications. The delays in approval needs to be reduced. More skilled workers for software, engineering and manufacturing in the short-term and create a business focused development path to grow the people we need.
Infrastructure - Invest in NZ’s infrastructure – health (mental health), education, law & order, housing, transport – ports, airports, public transport. Seriously look at how to increase NZ shipping capacity – NZ Shipping Co?!
Tax/Subsidies/Incentives - Create a more intelligent and responsive tax system. Introduce tax relief and/or incentive systems that support SMEs. More carrot, less stick. – to grow; to compete on the global stage; to improve productivity; to invest in R&D, plant, machinery; for climate change actions; tax cuts or tax relief for businesses if you can prove your $$ are better spent elsewhere; accelerated depreciation for companies seeking to invest in higher productive technology; raise tax brackets not minimum wage; incentivise provincial migration – home deposit schemes; provide funding for 1 FTE per SME company dedicated to productivity improvement projects.
Upskill Kiwis – focus on upskilling Kiwis; double down on training incentives for trades; reframe apprenticeship, vocational and engineering pathways ins secondary schools as equal to university education.
The themes for this question fall into 7 areas:
Red tape – Less bureacracy, regulation, compliance costs and red tape. Reduce the costs of doing business.
Stop trying to centralise everything.
Financial support for those that are capable of working but don’t want to work; giving money away to people who won’t work for it; stop paying people to stay at home.
.
Legislating changes that add cost – minimum wage; leave entitlements; employment laws/regulations.
Less committees, working groups and high-paid consultants/advisors.
Less barriers to entry and hoops to jump through to come to NZ to work.
Beating up on primary industry/farmers – Rules on top of rules on top of rules. Compliance.
Make childcare tax free.
A coordinated long-term infrastructure plan. 20+ year plan to identify and build infrastructure to remove the crippling shortages currently affecting NZ. A national por/transport plan to co-ordinate shipping/ports and rail.
Something to encourage educated NZers to stay and contribute to our nation.
Pay more for nurses to work in the health sector.
Improve the education system.
Provide better mental health services.
Capital gains tax.
Policies that ensure our own country’s suppliers are favoured for government work despite WTO rules.
Drop GST on fresh goods – seafood, meat and produce.
Depreciation write-offs up to $150k per year.
Revisit our building code so we stop rewarding a handful of corporations that have managed to monopolise the market with their products/systems causing a stranglehold on supply and pricing.
Continue to support and grow the RSE scheme to provide more labour for NZ and a form of public aid to the Pacific Islands.
Ireland:
Australia:
Singapore:
Denmark:
UK:
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