Small Business
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Simplify Easter Trading rules
Whether it’s going shopping or having a pint at your local, Kiwis have been frustrated every Easter Friday and Sunday with maddening red tape that dictates how you spend your long weekend.
MPs will soon have the chance to vote on Cameron Luxton's member's bill to reform Easter Trading rules, allowing Kiwis who want to trade over Easter to do so. Existing protections for workers to refuse to work on Easter Sunday will be expanded to Good Friday.
3,894 signatures"I call on Members of Parliament to support the Repeal of Good Friday and Easter Sunday as Restricted Trading Days (Shop Trading and Sale of Alcohol) Amendment Bill."
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Laura McClure
Laura McClure MP was born and raised in Christchurch and has held roles on boards, owned a small business, and been a coach and a manager. Laura began her career in pharmacy before building a market-leading evacuation consultancy business with her factory. Laura was elected to Parliament as an ACT Party MP in 2023 but, in her spare time, you’ll find her on the side-line cheering for her two kids or exploring New Zealand’s backyard.
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Helping Small Businesses Get Ahead
Small businesses are the backbone of New Zealand’s economy. If New Zealand is to have a thriving and productive economy, we need to make it a better place for small business to operate in. ACT is committed to doing that.
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ACT to streamline AML Compliance as part of small business package
“Small businesses are the backbone of New Zealand’s economy. If New Zealand is to have a thriving and productive economy, we need to make it a better place for small business to operate in. ACT is committed to doing that,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.
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90-day trial periods Member's Bill drawn
“My Member’s Bill drawn today to reinstate 90-day trials will reduce the risk for employers and allow them to take a chance on hiring someone,” says ACT MP James McDowall.
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Tougher Sentences for Attacks on Vulnerable Workers
Workers on the frontline are facing an increasingly violent New Zealand. It’s time to take an approach that puts victims first, so New Zealand’s shopkeepers, taxi and bus drivers, security guards, small retailers and other frontline workers can operate without fear.
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FPAs will only drive further employment woes
“Michael Wood’s assertions that ‘Fair Pay Agreements’ are the solution to the dire driver shortages across New Zealand are out of touch with reality,” says ACT’s Small Business spokesperson Chris Baillie.
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Day of recognition without the costs is the answer
“Creating a new public holiday on a whim is causing chaos amongst businesses, our health system and schools. We need a way to recognise the Queen’s passing without making life harder for Kiwis,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.
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Businesses can’t access ramraid fund
“The Police Minister needs to explain to business owners who are terrified that they are next in line to be ramraided why they can’t access the fund designed to protect businesses,” says ACT Leader and Epsom MP David Seymour.
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Don’t make small business pay for pageantry
“In a cost of living crisis, the ACT Party cannot support yet another public holiday. It would amount to the Government making small business pay for pageantry,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.
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