What does orange light mean for your business?
The traffic light settings allow businesses to open and operate with flexibility while protecting our hospitals and health system. The framework will continue to protect New Zealanders, while also providing more certainty and new opportunities. It minimises the impact through three settings – green, orange, and red. The requirements apply by activity. If your business carries out a number of different activities, you will need to consider how best to meet the requirements for each one. For example, a mall may have a food court (food and beverage rules apply), general retail (retail rules), and hairdressers (close proximity rules apply). If your business carries out several different activities that can't be separated, you will need to operate under the more stringent rules.
It is recommended you use the COVID-19 Resource Toolkit as it has all the resources and signage needed which you can easily download and use depending on what level of the COVID-19 Protection Framework your business is in. You can view this tool here.
The generic rules for your business, operating under orange are:
We know that majority of our Enterprising Families are in the food and beverage sector as well as often selling at events and/or gatherings the relevant guidelines are as follows:
Food and Beverage
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Business/service
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Operating at Orange
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Bars, cafes, community club hospitality (club bars), nightclubs, restaurants and other food and beverage services
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You can operate without capacity limits.
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For indoor unseated events over 500 people, it is recommended you have a capacity limit based on 1 metre distancing.
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Customer-facing workers must wear a medical-grade face mask indoors unless the worker is exempt or is performing/presenting and maintains 2 metre distancing.
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There are no face mask requirements for customers indoors or outdoors.
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Venues (or defined spaces) hired for exclusive use where food and drink is provided for consumption
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You can operate without capacity limits.
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For indoor, unseated events over 500 people, it is recommended you have a capacity limit based on 1 metre distancing.
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Customer-facing workers must wear a medical-grade face mask indoors unless the worker is exempt or is performing/presenting and maintains 2 metre distancing.
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There are no face mask requirements for customers indoors or outdoors.
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Events and Gatherings.
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Business/service
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Operating at Orange
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Outdoor community gatherings (such as a public street parade, community fairs, and concerts in the park)
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Other voluntary or not-for-profit sporting, recreational, social, or cultural activities including community club activities (for example, sports, bridge, scouts, and yachting clubs)
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You can operate without capacity limits.
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For indoor, unseated events over 500 people, it is recommended you have a capacity limit based on 1 metre distancing.
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Outdoor gatherings may operate without capacity limits.
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Facemasks are encouraged for customers indoors.
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Customer-facing workers must wear a medical-grade face mask (unless the worker is exempt).
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For more information you can visit the business.govt.nz website here.
Business Information and upcoming workshops/seminars
End of year tax workshop provided by Pacific Business Trust: The tax year is from 1 April to 31 March. The aim is that you pay the right amount of tax at the right time so that you don’t overpay during the year or have a bill to pay at the end of the tax year.
There are two things you need to know about end of year tax 2022:
1. The end of year tax process is automatic.
2. An income tax assessment telling you if you have paid the right amount of tax, have a refund or tax to pay.
To view more information you can visit the IRD website here.
Business Mentoring workshop with Activate Tamaki Makaurau: Activate Tamaki Makaurau Workshops: For instant access to free tools, resources, and events you can join the Activate Tamaki Makaurau Business Community today. They offer a variety of workshops from cash flow management, improving your online presence and advice on managing contracts and staff. Their upcoming workshops and seminars involve advice around improving sales and implementing strategies that enable organisational growth. These are set to take place online via zoom.
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Sales Leadership Workshop: Friday May 6th from 11am to 12:30pm.
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Sales: How to improve your sales: Friday May 13th from 11am to 12pm.
If you are interested in knowing more about the Activate Tamaki Makaurau community and their workshops for Pacific Businesses, you can register here. If you require assistance with signing up to Activate Tamaki Makaurau, you can contact us via email: efamily@cidanz.co.nz or bianca@cidanz.co.nz.
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