business climate

New Jersey residents, restaurant and business owners, and most others were already looking at daunting financial numbers before the pandemic but over the last 20-months, the business climate in the Garden State has moved onto thin ice.

More than half of certified public accountants surveyed in New Jersey admitted they told a business client to relocate because of the state's unfriendly business climate, and 7 in 10 said they advised an individual client to move out due to the high cost of living.