Bakers demand bureaucracy reduction after the federal election

The North German guild bakers have launched a poster campaign to promote the reduction of bureaucracy. "We want to bake, not files," is one of the slogans.

This article is part of the special topic Bureaucratic madness in the craft industry

The North German guild bakers from the federal states of Bremen, Lower Saxony, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern will start a Poster campaign in the guild bakeries, with which they agreed on a "significant reduction in bureaucracy" after the federal election.

"The guild bakers in the north want bake and pamper their customers, instead of poring over files, studying regulations or keeping pointless lists," emphasizes the Bakers and Confectioners Association NorthAccording to the association, master bakers and their employees are investing almost one fifth of their working time in bureaucratic activities.

The burden is great

Photo: © BKV-Nord

"Every day we have many thousands of customers who buy our baked goods. Through the display of various motif posters In our branches, social media and press work, the guild bakers will present their demands to politicians in the coming weeks," said Maren Andresen, Chairwoman of the Association.

Managing Director Jan Loleit adds: "The burdens of reporting obligations to the statistical offices, record-keeping obligations, the maintenance of control lists and the obligation to issue receipts are still immense. Concrete proposals for reducing bureaucracy have been made, for example, by Regulatory Control Council of Baden-Württemberg have been developed and are waiting for the Implementation."

Framework conditions must be right

Reducing bureaucracyHere you will find Proposals from BKV-Nord to reduce bureaucracy.

Here you can find out more about the Recommendations of the Baden-Württemberg Regulatory Control Council.

. Demands of the Central Association of the German Bakery Trade for the federal election.
The Bureaucracy Reduction Act III bring no noticeable reliefEspecially in view of the Corona crisis, bakeries need good framework conditionsthat puts as little strain on them as possible and rapid economic recovery At the latest during the coalition negotiations after the election, the reduction of bureaucracy must be a central role play.

Especially with regard to future generations of the bakery trade is the bureaucratic relief absolutely necessary"The bureaucratic obligations mean that companies give up prematurely or no successor It cannot be that the small and medium-sized bakery sector, with its product diversity and, above all, the jobs associated with it, continues to be weakened," Andresen said.

Source: BKV-Nord

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