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As Wellington City Council reviews its Long-Term Plan, a new Wellington Chamber of Commerce-Curia poll shows a significant majority of Wellington City residents believe the council is spending too much on cycleways. The poll shows three quarters of residents believe Wellington City Council is spending “too much” on its cycleway program. Voters of the five largest political parties believe the council is overspending on cycleways, including 51% of Green Party voters. Overall,

Upper Hutt film production business Lane Street Studios has been crowned Exporter of the Year at this year’s 2024 ExportNZ ASB Wellington Export awards. The awards celebrate exporting excellence, with winners recognised for innovation, growth, sustainability and strategy. This year’s event saw a record number of entrants and attendees. Lane Street Studios picked up the coveted supreme award, ASB Exporter of the year, as well as the award for Southeast-Asia CAPE Best Emerging

What Businesses want to see from Budget 2024 1. A roadmap away from inflationary conditions “Inflation is a burden adding cost to households and businesses at every turn.” · “Inflation is predicted to be back within the Reserve Bank’s target band by late 2024”. (per Budget Policy Statement 2024) “By clearly outlining the plan to bring inflation under control, this year’s Budget can signal better days for investment, hiring and growth are ahead.” 2. Tax relief “This Government

A reminder that the Wellington City Council LTP submissions close this Friday, so please take the opportunity to read the consultation document and have your say on the direction of the city over the next 10 years. In response to requests from members about our thoughts, we wanted to highlight a few areas of concern that we have and share our views on proposals that you may also be interested in commenting on. If you have any questions or want to discuss further contact Jaso

A short introduction to the WCC LTP and how it relates to the businesses that make up the city What is the Chamber doing to respond to the Council’s long term plan and our special ask of you – a short survey Council and business are inexorably linked. If business is prosperous, the city is prosperous. The business sector is critical to the prosperity of the city. Businesses employ people and a vibrant business sector helps attract people to Wellington. Business activity t

We wanted to alert members to a few things that happened this week as part of our work to keep you up to date with important information. Firstly, some good news from Parliament with the welcome introduction of the Fast Track Approvals Bill and its referral to the Environment Select Committee for public submissions. This Bill would fast-track the consenting of projects of national significance, potentially reducing years of problematic red tape. The need for infrastructure

The Half-year Economic and Fiscal Update (HYEFU) was delivered against a backdrop of considerable uncertainty and ongoing risks both domestically and internationally. In short, tax revenue growth is slowing, deficits are larger than forecast, and economic growth per capita is in decline. A considerable deterioration of the Government’s books since the Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update (PREFU) means that there is limited ability for the Government to support new initiati