Business Connect release notes

Business Connect platform

Duplicating applications on Business Connect

From now on customers will not be able to make a copy of their application to apply for a service if that service is no longer available.

Fee update for Manawatū District Council

Customers will now pay the correct application filing fees for registering a food business with Manawatū District Council.

Time-out pop up made more accessible

Customers using assistive technology will now be alerted to the appearance of the time-out pop up due to the addition of a proper title and content being loaded and available to screen readers. This ensures they receive warning that they need to save their progress.

Download button now has alternative text label

Our testing picked up a missing alternative text label for new functionality we released recently. Customers are now able to download their submitted form, in case they want to keep it in their records.

That download button now has a label to make sure those using assistive technology know what it is. 

New Duty-free alcohol permits – NZ Customs Service

We published an application form for permits to receive duty-free alcohol created by NZ Customs Service. This form is now available for customers on Business Connect, giving them an alternative to the use of the Trade Single Window system already offered by NZ Customs Service. 

FormBuilder.govt

New launched instantly available version of FormBuilder

Our latest version of FormBuilder went live on 2 December. It's a government form building tool that is now instantly accessible at the click of a button. 

The tool incorporates everything we've learned about building government forms over the past 5 years and packages it up ready for any public sector worker to use for business-facing forms. 

All you need to do is email us and you’ll receive the link immediately.

info@businessconnect.govt.nz

New hosting forms without a login

Government service teams now have the option to create forms that can be filled in without an account creation or logging in needed. 

These forms are accessed by customers using a link on the agency website. The forms pop up immediately and can be completed and submitted straight away.

At this stage, forms must be a single page. Customers can’t save their progress and return and form submissions can only be received by government teams as a pdf into a shared inbox.