Budget 2021: Businesses wish list as outlook gets gloomier
19 May, 2021 05:40 AM
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Finance Minister Grant Robertson with a copy of his Wellbeing Budget 2021 outside Parliament. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Finance Minister Grant Robertson with a copy of his Wellbeing Budget 2021 outside Parliament. Photo / Mark Mitchell
NZ Herald
By: Cameron Smith
Business wants to see the Budget focus on driving economic growth, addressing debt levels and maintaining border security, according to a new survey. The poll, conducted by New Zealand accounting and business advisory network Baker Tilly Staples Rodway, is the last indication of business concerns ahead of Thursday s Budget.
Businesses were more gloomy about the economy than they were last year despite a sooner than expected Covid rebound, the survey found.