Kerre Woodham: This one's for small business owners
About this episode
Kerre Woodham discusses the challenges faced by small and medium business owners in New Zealand, highlighting issues such as work readiness among graduates and the impact of red tape.
The editorial this morning goes out to all the small and medium business people. Those of you who are starting the work week looking to earn your own keep, employ some New Zealanders, pay your taxes, and provide a product or service that people want or need. You don't want luxury yachts and private jets. You just want to work hard, be rewarded fairly, have people get out of your way, not be strangled by red tape. Seems a fairly reasonable state of being. But as we know, small and medium enterprises are struggling and have been struggling for a few years now. And with an election looming, the EMA has released its election policy directives for 2026 And there are five of them: stability and certainty, wouldn't that be lovely, infrastructure and consenting, energy supply, employment legislation, and investment and innovation. Amongst its directives, the EMA highlighted what it says is a big issue for businesses: the lack of work readiness among those graduating from educational institutions. The number of those not in employment, education, or training in the 18 to 24 age bracket continues to rise. They've come out of school, they've come out of training, and nobody will take them…
People in this episode
Host: Kerre Woodham
Topics covered
- small business
- medium enterprises
- employment
- education
- election policy
- work readiness
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: EMA
Places: New Zealand
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