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29 April 2011

Swedish business sceptical about red tape reduction results

The Board of Swedish Industry and Commerce for Better Regulation (NNR) has just published a report investigating the impact of recent official measures concerning the regulatory environment ("The Swedish agenda for rules and regulations 2010"). Entrepreneurs were canvassed on issues such as local regulatory supervision, burdensome reporting requirements or questions relating to the regulatory system inhibiting business growth. The report concludes that 73% of companies have not noticed any significant difference in regulatory costs and suggests 9 measures to bring in effective improvements (NNR newsletter item from Oscar Fredriksson.)

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