"We need a holistic approach to reducing bureaucratic costs and barriers to competition for small and medium-sized businesses," demands Andreas Ehlert. (Photo: © Andrea De Martin/123RF.com)
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The North Rhine-Westphalian skilled trades sector is calling on the state government to further develop the existing measures to reduce bureaucracy and is presenting a 6-point plan to ease the burden on companies.
The North Rhine-Westphalian crafts calls for the State government to implement the measures taken so far to reduce bureaucracy to systematically develop"The country must present itself to the federal government and the EU as Engine of bureaucracy avoidance understand," said the President of Crafts.NRW, Andreas Ehlert.
"We need a holistic idea on how we reduce bureaucratic costs and barriers to competition for small and medium-sized enterprises. Given the recent increase in national debt, this would be a Growth and economic policy at no cost", emphasises Ehlert. The craft industry can also obtain relief through the transfer of tasks in the sense of Subsidiarity principle introduce.
Further relief proposals come from the individual craft sectors: "There are very concrete exampleshow the country can reduce burdens and barriers to competition on its own," says the President of the Entrepreneurs' Association of Crafts NRW, Hans-Joachim Hering.
"Die small building permit for master bricklayers and carpenters should finally be introduced in North Rhine-Westphalia, following the example of other federal states. And the fees for random initial inspections of the Food hygiene place an unfair burden on medium-sized bakers and butchers. This doesn't punish the black sheep, but rather primarily affects the clean businesses."
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The craft sector is also committed to utilising the opportunities Digitalization to use consistently: "The first steps have now been taken with the business service portal. But there are still a lot of potentialto simplify and accelerate approval procedures,” explains Hans Hund, the President of the West German Chamber of Crafts.
Digitalization can also make an important contribution to Statistical and documentation obligations The trade is also open to future relief measures in Real-world laboratories Even within the state’s own responsibilities, the skilled trades still see opportunities to Unleashing strategy by Minister of Economic Affairs Andrew Pinkwart to continue.
Together, the presidents see many opportunities to streamline national regulations and bring more momentum to the criticism of bureaucracy. "In particular, through a Right of initiative is Clearing House for SMEsso that they can provide suggestions for SME-friendly "The new state law can be presented," the presidents said. They are now jointly calling for the implementation of the amendment to the SME Promotion Act.
Source: Handwerk.NRW
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