Certainty impossible, making govt transparency vital: Spark's Hodson

Certainty impossible, making govt transparency vital: Spark's Hodson
Pattrick Smellie
In the absence of certainty, the best the government can provide the business community in the current covid-19 crisis is transparency, says Spark chief executive Jolie Hodson."Business will be looking to government for what it always does – certainty. But in a situation like this, there is no such thing," said Hodson in comments for BusinessDesk's Unlocking NZ rolling series of business leaders' thinking on how to restart the economy after the lockdown ."So what we will look for is the next best thing – transparency, collaboration, and as much...

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