Business

UnitedFuture values the innovation, self-reliance and integrity displayed by New Zealanders in their businesses. We are committed to advancing these qualities in our business policy.

The Role of Government

It is UnitedFuture policy to

  • support recurring regulatory responsibility reviews
  • conduct regular reviews of the Resource Management Act to ensure that it is working as well as possible with regard to improving certainty, shortening timelines and reducing user costs
  • improve transport infrastructure, giving priority to areas where ports, roading and rail investment constraints are holding back economic growth and development
  • support the retention of the Reserve Bank Act, the Fiscal Responsibility Act, the Public Finance Act in their current form.
  • retain the Ministry of Economic Development, but re-focus key elements of their work away from 'picking winners' and towards removing impediments to business especially exporting
  • upgrade the BIZ website and hotline, so that businesses can make enquiries relating to any government department using a single point of contact, and have their queries answered by staff from these departments (e.g. Department of Labour, Occupational Health and Safety, IRD, ACC).

Small Business

It is UnitedFuture policy to:

  • further simplify the admistration of the tax system to relieve the compliance burden on SMEs
  • encourage entrepreneurial activity, especially export orientation, assistance in export introductions, pooling of expertise, mentoring schemes, and introduction to funders all through a regionally available MED co-ordinated service that has minimal bureaucracy attached to it.

Trade

It is UnitedFuture policy to:

  • support free and fair trade and embrace free trade agreements and pacts where there is a reasonable opportunity for New Zealand to benefit.

Employment Relations

It is UnitedFuture policy to:

  • improve workplace literacy
  • review employment law to ensure that it reflects the reality of workplace relations in small businesses
  • ensure that advice and information is available to businesses to support them in hiring migrants to fill skill shortages.
  • support the Seasonal Migrant Worker Scheme
  • Support the continuance of the 90 day probationary period, as it gives the opportunity for people, particularly youth and new migrants, to enter the workforce.