Budget 2021: Suffolk and Essex chambers of commerce react
Business leaders in the region have been left frustrated by Chancellor Rishi Sunak's budget.
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Business leaders in the region have been left frustrated by Chancellor Rishi Sunak's budget.
Business leaders in the region have been left frustrated by Chancellor Rishi Sunak's budget.
"We are pleased that the Chancellor has delivered the vast majority of our immediate requests and those of our members, including an extension to the furlough, self-employed, business rates relief and VAT deferment schemes. "We are also relieved that the increases in corporation tax will not take effect until 2023. Lobbying by Suffolk Chamber and other chambers across the country has clearly and demonstrably worked." David Burch, director of policy at Essex Chamber of Commerce, however, sounded a more cautious note. He said: "As with all Budget announcements the devil is always in the detail ...