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3 March, 2021 SHARE Organisations from the industry comment on the Chancellor of the Exchequer s Budget Statement 2021 to the House of Commons.
Builders Merchants Federation
John Newcomb, CEO of the Builders Merchants Federation, said: “The Chancellor largely struck the right notes in announcing continued support for business as we move through the final stages of the coronavirus roadmap and plan for recovery.
“We were particularly pleased that the Chancellor sought to support smaller businesses by recognising the need for continued furlough support and business rates discounts, which will help our SME members as they return to pre-covid levels of operation. Similar extensions to self-employment grants will help small builders and other trades who form the main merchant customer base and ensure they are still in business to service the needs of homeowners helped by the new government-backed mortgage gu
East Anglian businesses are asking what has become of the green recovery following the budget
- Credit: Siemens
Regional businesses hoping for a big green recovery boost from the Budget say they have been left underwhelmed.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a new UK Infrastructure Bank to fund green growth in his budget - but East of England companies involved in the sector feel his announcements failed to live up to their hopes.
Lloyd Felton, chief executive of County Broadband - which is installing full-fibre broadband networks across rural parts of the East of England - welcomed the new UK Infrastructure Bank but suspected it would not help in the roll-out of a superfast network across harder-to-reach areas such as those in East Anglia.