Source: BusinessNZ
Advocacy by the NZ hospitality industry is helping move the dial on red tape, BusinessNZ says.
Its survey of the hospitality industry shows the industry’s biggest compliance issues are, in order:
1. Employment law requirements
2. Immigration rules that are complex and restrictive, affecting the ability to find and retain staff
3. Local government regulations including permits, licensing and off-licensing
The hospitality industry’s recommendations include streamlining central and local government application processes, setting fees proportionate to business size, and providing more transparency on how tourism levies are spent.
BusinessNZ Chief Executive Katherine Rich says the hospitality industry’s focus on compliance reduction sets a benchmark for other industries and will help the move towards right-sizing regulations generally.
The BusinessNZ Network including BusinessNZ, EMA, Business Central, Business Canterbury and Business South, represents and provides services to thousands of businesses, small and large, throughout New Zealand.
