Wellington City Council
Jobs and economy
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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.
Investigate a council green jobs programme for projects like home insulation, solar installs, native planting and water restoration.
Strengthen procurement rules to prioritise building community wealth, including through mandating fair wages and supporting local suppliers.
Support safe, secure, high-quality jobs with fair and equitable pay and back the Living Wage for every worker.
Continue supporting businesses in the north, including the Tawa and Johnsonville Business Groups and initiatives to upgrade the Johnsonville Mall.
Review the very high business rate that is driving small businesses out of Wellington and support a suburban business rate for local businesses.
Support restoring CBD streetside car parks to make the CBD more accessible to the region and halt and review the CBD cycleway programme.
Meet business associations regularly to properly address the challenges businesses are facing and discuss potential solutions.
Minimise disruption from construction and related activities.
Reduce the business rate during the current economic downturn.
Continue as a board member of WellingtonNZ and promote Wellington economic development specifically in the film and tech sectors.
Engage with the local council BID groups coordinated by the council to work on suburb business issues.
Promote tourism by engaging with diplomatic missions and attending conferences such as the World Cities Tourism Federation.
Commit to a post implementation review of the cycleway network against the cost and benefit ratio contained within the business case.
Commit to reducing the commercial rates differential to support business and grow employment.
Commit to restoring free evening and weekend parking to encourage more people to come into the CBD and stimulate businesses.
Cut unnecessary red tape so local businesses can start, expand and hire without council roadblocks.
Keep rates affordable and predictable so firms can invest locally and support jobs for residents.
Scrap council economic development schemes and redirect funds to lower rates and improve services.
Investigate a council green jobs programme for projects like home insulation, solar installs, native planting and water restoration.
Strengthen procurement rules to prioritise building community wealth, including through mandating fair wages and supporting local suppliers.
Support safe, secure, high-quality jobs with fair and equitable pay and back the Living Wage for every worker.
Continue supporting businesses in the north, including the Tawa and Johnsonville Business Groups and initiatives to upgrade the Johnsonville Mall.
Review the very high business rate that is driving small businesses out of Wellington and support a suburban business rate for local businesses.
Support restoring CBD streetside car parks to make the CBD more accessible to the region and halt and review the CBD cycleway programme.
Meet business associations regularly to properly address the challenges businesses are facing and discuss potential solutions.
Minimise disruption from construction and related activities.
Reduce the business rate during the current economic downturn.
Continue as a board member of WellingtonNZ and promote Wellington economic development specifically in the film and tech sectors.
Engage with the local council BID groups coordinated by the council to work on suburb business issues.
Promote tourism by engaging with diplomatic missions and attending conferences such as the World Cities Tourism Federation.
Commit to a post implementation review of the cycleway network against the cost and benefit ratio contained within the business case.
Commit to reducing the commercial rates differential to support business and grow employment.
Commit to restoring free evening and weekend parking to encourage more people to come into the CBD and stimulate businesses.
Cut unnecessary red tape so local businesses can start, expand and hire without council roadblocks.
Keep rates affordable and predictable so firms can invest locally and support jobs for residents.
Scrap council economic development schemes and redirect funds to lower rates and improve services.
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