Employees lose over five days a year from commuting problems – CBI
Workers are wasting over five days of their time a year due to commuting problems, according to a poll conducted by the CBI and Porter Novelli/Opinium.
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Powering north of England growth ‘more important’ – CBI
Josh Hardie, deputy director-general of the CBI, has responded to the Northern Powerhouse Independent Economic Review, saying: “The outcome of the EU Referendum means that pressing ahead with powering economic growth across the North of England is now more important than ever.
Medium-sized businesses get a raw deal from UK tax system
Economic growth and job creation are being held back by a UK tax system the particularly hinders medium-sized businesses (MSB). A new report published by the CBI and Gran Thornton (“Stuck in the middle”) suggest that the tax system is acting as a brake on growth by disrupting cash flow, absorbing management time and dampening export ambitions. Therefore the CBI and Grant Thornton are calling on the Government to make a number of changes to the tax system, including to improve cash flow, widen access to R&D tax relief and to make it easier for MSBs to export.
