Fred99:
I'd query how bad the Q'town economy actually is.
I think it's the same situation as in Auckland, some businesses are obviously being hit hard - and they're making a LOT of noise about it.
We were down thre at the end of August, and it was pretty dire in the Tourism and Hosp sector,
I mean you could ring up and order Fergberger and then walk round and pick it your order 10 minutes later... unheard of.....
Lots of Tourism businesses are closed 2-3 days during the week, shops have cut back their opening hours, It was not far from tumbleweeds blowing down the mall....l. its gonna be really tough over summer once all the subsidies are gone....
Yes , construction is still going ahead, but projects are being deferred left right and centre, so its gonna hurt big time once the curent projects finish up.....