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The Chancellor’s most urgent priority at the Budget is to support the economy through the final stages of the pandemic, by extending furlough, the business rates holiday, welfare support and the stamp duty holiday. Beyond that, the best long-term recipe for prosperity is to prioritise growth over short-term deficit reduction. …

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has dealt a huge blow to the blue collar industry in his budget, by ending the subsidy on red diesel, a fuel widely used by British manufacturing, production and construction companies. The scrapping of the subsidy, which is worth almost 47p a litre, will increase duty on …

In response to news that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, will commit billions in spending to improve infrastructure across the UK, Christopher Snelling, Head of UK Policy, comments: “FTA has been urging government to commit to a programme of infrastructure improvement for several years; we are thrilled to …

As an industry, we want to play our part in leaving the environment in a better state for future generations and taxing plastic packaging that contains less than 30% recycled content will increase the use of recycled material. We are pleased that this tax includes dealers of pre-filled packaging too, …

“The £420m announced in today’s Budget to repair potholes is a drop in the ocean when you consider that work that will cost more than £8billion is needed to rectify years of under investment in our road network. The damage caused by potholes to the UK’s logistics fleet is adding …

“The pre-announced commitment of some £30bn to roads repair and maintenance is extremely welcome. This is not only good news for motorists but will provide an additional boost to the plant hire sector. The hope is that the money will be invested in machines and methods which make those repairs …