Podcasts Other The Mike Hosking Breakfast Phil O'Reilly: Business community pressure Labour to get economic recovery rolling

Phil O'Reilly: Business community pressure Labour to get economic recovery rolling

Published: Oct. 18, 2020, 10:38 p.m.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has outlined her immediate priorities after sweeping to power for her second term.
Ardern wants more support for small business loans and $300 million in cash incentives to hire the unemployed in place by the end of the year.
She said first out of the blocks will be the flexi-wage scheme and changes to the small business cashflow loan scheme.
There's also pressure coming from the business community to get the economic recovery rolling, by easing border travel.
Business owners want a Jacinda Ardern-led Government to start making progress on some of the tourism, international student and export slow-downs from Covid 19.
Ex Business New Zealand boss Phil O'Reilly told Mike Hosking we want a safe border, but there needs to be more bravery about getting more people through.
"The election's gone so let's get the border issue moving and hopefully there will be a better relationship between business and the Government."
LISTEN ABOVE