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EPISODE · May 12, 2025 · 3 MIN

Chris Small: ABC Business Sales managing director on businesses reaching the cut-off point to pay back Covid loans

from Best of Business · host Newstalk ZB

Time is running out for businesses who took out a Covid Small Business Cashflow Scheme. It's five years today since Inland Revenue introduced the loans. They were issued to more than 129,000 businesses and totalled $2.4 billion. The IRD says they're now reaching their cut-off point, and default loans not paid in full will be enforced. ABC Business Sales managing director unveils how many businesses are still owing - and by how much. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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