ELECTION 2020: Business wants coordinated covid plan

ELECTION 2020: Business wants coordinated covid plan
Brent Melville
The New Zealand business community is uncomfortable with fiscal debt levels, wants to see a real plan for covid pandemic recovery and isn't unduly concerned with the impacts of climate change, according to a Business NZ pre-election survey.The Deloitte and Chapman Tripp sponsored litmus test of business confidence, reflects a clear view that while the government has done well in its initial response to the covid-19 pandemic and backs the wage subsidy and leave schemes, there are “mixed feelings” about whether the government has...

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