MFNZ At The Jobs Summit - John Key & Bill English

Prime Minister John Key spoke with us just after the closing remarks of the Job Summit aimed at dealing with the issue of their being 80,000 Jobs at risk in New Zealand. John shared a couple of minutes on New Zealand’s opportunity as a small country, with small business and taking New Zealand to the world. Watch 2 minutes with John.

“we’re a country of 4.3 million people run by small businesses, we want to take on 6 and a half billion people in the world and win”

John Key talks to Tim Norton of Made From New Zealand, [StartUp], PlanHQ, Challenge for Change, Social Capital, and Wellingtons hi-tech hub Silicon Welly
John alludes to the Government and bank equity investment fund one of the 20 solutions.

Had a great chat to Bill English who took some time with us at the Job Summit to talk about building a more entrepreneurial government. He comments on driving change in the public sector, getting the Government to work with kiwi entrepreneurs and build a risk-taking culture. The aim of this is to Level the playing field to NZ firms for local and central government procurement (as per the 20 solutions from the Job Summit) Watch it below for yourself - Cheers for the time Bill!

“Capital’s going to be hard, but it’s that resilience that’s going to get us through, that small business advantage and that small country advantage.”

Bill English talks to Tim Norton co-founder of Made From New Zealand and StartUp

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