Wellington businesses very confident

Wellington employers confident

The BRC Sherwin Chan & Walshe poll for The Dominion Post surveyed 300 employers from greater Wellington.

   91 percent believed their trading conditions would improve in the next six months.

          Difficulty in attracting staff was one reason for pessimism.

   50 percent said the wages they paid were rising faster than inflation and 21 percent said lower.

   83 percent thought the economy would stay the same or improve.

   23 percent expected fulltime staffing levels to rise and 6 percent expected a fall.