Nelson City Council
Jobs and economy
Many councils help support local business and economic development. Some promote tourism in their area, or provide business support services and grants.
Jobs and economy
Many councils help support local business and economic development. Some promote tourism in their area, or provide business support services and grants.
Support regional initiatives to identifying higher value sectors, industry clusters and emerging opportunities.
Streamline regulation and policies between Nelson and Tasman to reduce issues and costs for businesses operating across the region.
Support: local businesses; broader outcomes/social procurement; Māori enterprise, Iwi-led investment, innovation and businesses.
Provide more support for local hospitality.
Advocate to the government to speed up and simplify immigration process to hire essential workers needed.
Invest in the Nelson Regional Development Agency to support their work delivering a sustainable economy with low unemployment and high wages.
Collaborate with the Cawthron Institute, Port Nelson and others to develop the proposed world-class Science and Technology Precinct.
Lead the implementation Project Kōkiri, our economic regeneration plan, with a focus on local innovation and long term sustainability.
Develop a new strategy for our regional development agency to enable it to adapt to the greatly changing needs of local businesses and tourism recovery.
Investigate ways we as a council can help local business with staffing issues and support local apprenticeship schemes.
Implement buy local campaign and structure contracts to optimise council spending with local suppliers and contractors.
Work with Nelson Economic Development agency to make every Nelson business and initiative, lifestyle and climate change participants.
Lobby central government to change work visa policy. It is dysfunctional, especially for the hospitality industry.
Review bylaws, alter and repeal where appropriate if the bylaw is maladaptive to Nelson's needs.
Help establish a community currency to boost the local economy and preserve liquidity.
Strengthen active engagements and follow up with local business. Bring fresh, innovative ideas local, nationally and globally.
Strengthen youth voices as far as employment, tertiary training and providing those pathways. Programme measures and review. Funding.
Engage effectively with business hubs in planning change for short and long term.
Ensure that all agencies work to common and coordinated objectives in maximising tourism and visitor numbers.
Support regional initiatives to identifying higher value sectors, industry clusters and emerging opportunities.
Streamline regulation and policies between Nelson and Tasman to reduce issues and costs for businesses operating across the region.
Support: local businesses; broader outcomes/social procurement; Māori enterprise, Iwi-led investment, innovation and businesses.
Provide more support for local hospitality.
Advocate to the government to speed up and simplify immigration process to hire essential workers needed.
Invest in the Nelson Regional Development Agency to support their work delivering a sustainable economy with low unemployment and high wages.
Collaborate with the Cawthron Institute, Port Nelson and others to develop the proposed world-class Science and Technology Precinct.
Lead the implementation Project Kōkiri, our economic regeneration plan, with a focus on local innovation and long term sustainability.
Develop a new strategy for our regional development agency to enable it to adapt to the greatly changing needs of local businesses and tourism recovery.
Investigate ways we as a council can help local business with staffing issues and support local apprenticeship schemes.
Implement buy local campaign and structure contracts to optimise council spending with local suppliers and contractors.
Work with Nelson Economic Development agency to make every Nelson business and initiative, lifestyle and climate change participants.
Lobby central government to change work visa policy. It is dysfunctional, especially for the hospitality industry.
Review bylaws, alter and repeal where appropriate if the bylaw is maladaptive to Nelson's needs.
Help establish a community currency to boost the local economy and preserve liquidity.
Strengthen active engagements and follow up with local business. Bring fresh, innovative ideas local, nationally and globally.
Strengthen youth voices as far as employment, tertiary training and providing those pathways. Programme measures and review. Funding.
Engage effectively with business hubs in planning change for short and long term.
Ensure that all agencies work to common and coordinated objectives in maximising tourism and visitor numbers.
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