After an unprecedented number of submissions from stakeholders, CCC's decision to limit the increase of commercial rates is welcomed, but is enough being done to reduce the burden on business?
The release of Budget 2024 has come at a time when businesses are feeling the toll of cost pressures and dwindling demand, caused by years of inflation and an economy now in recession.
Business Canterbury Chief Executive Leeann Watson says with a ‘golden decade’ ahead of us, the Christchurch City Council must take a more deliberate and ambitious approach than the one outlined in the Draft Long Term Plan 2024-34.
