27.-Evidence-of-Mr-Doug-Fairgray-Economics-and-Town-Centre-Impacts.PDF [PDF, 246 KB]
...localised. They arise primarily from improved accessibility for consumers and businesses having greater ability to ‘connect’ across space, which results in changes to the competitive landscape. Those changes have implications for businesses' cost structures, and ability to compete in different markets; and include effects on productivity, employment, competition, and regional development. 35. Those benefits are likely to be more than minor for the Wellington region, and...