This self-employed guy runs his business and described himself as “right of centre”. A good man running a good business. He shared his views. Bits of the conversation warmed my heart about his concern for the community. Bits worried me. What worried me was his hindsight analysis of what the … [Read more...]
Please be kind to hospo
I spoke with a good friend in the hospitality game yesterday. He had received 7 complaints about his operation this last week. The poor people who have to follow up these complaints, visited him. It’s not the Agency which has to monitor these complaints fault. It’s the mean-spirited types who … [Read more...]
This Week: Joanna Norris Christchurch NZ
This week we have Joanna Norris, CEO from ChristchurchNZ, te City’s economic development organisation. It really is important that we focus how we rebuild our economy and how we support each other to develop new businesses. Here is an article from the Press on ChristchurchNZ’ s launch of their … [Read more...]
When will the Government start taxing Facebook and Google?
In the Spinoff last week, it was commented, when referring to the impact on local media by Facebook and Google: A good interim solution would be to stop trying to find a direct and unequal value exchange between news media and the platforms and to instead raise a tax on digital giants directly. … [Read more...]
Regional Development leading to NZ Jobs:
There’s something about Winston Peters that I really like. There’re also bits I don’t. But it was interesting what Winston Peters said in Parliament this week. The NZ Herald reported it like this: Essentially, Peters wants New Zealand to use import substitution where it can - that is to … [Read more...]
Economist Shamubeel Eaqub speaks about the economy in a post crisis world
Last week I wrote about a talk I heard Shamubeel Eaqub give at the “Unconference” organised by Steven Moe and team. Shamubeel spoke about: As we move past the crisis what will this mean for the economy? What are the essential principles we are learning that will apply to set a foundation that … [Read more...]
As we enter into post-Covid 19 we must keep a close watch on the Banks:
My view on our banking sector has been enunciated clearly many times in this newsletter. However, this week in Newsroom an article appeared which said: Business people have sounded an alarm about the Government's Business Finance Guarantee Scheme, which they say is hitting the same roadblocks … [Read more...]
We need to think through massive employment schemes now
There is research going on right now analysing employment programmes of the past in Christchurch. The researcher is interviewing people who worked on the schemes which were operating in the 1980’s and 1990’s. If you were involved, or have ideas on what form large scale employment programmes should … [Read more...]
Gen Zero Vision for Christchurch’s Economic Recovery…
We are acutely aware of the twin pressures to minimise rate rises and increase spending to reduce the economic impacts of COVID-19. We urge you to seek help from the central government as they respond so that long-term investment is not reduced but instead expanded. We ask for increased … [Read more...]
Safety of Workers
When life returns to the streets, things will be quite different. It will take us some time to adjust to it. This week in Newsroom Rod Oram wrote this which is well worth considering as a guide to our changed lives: … [Read more...]
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