A budget for making things

Posted on 7 Apr 2011 by The Manufacturer

Manufacturing took the centre stage in last month’s Budget and many are calling for a feather in the cap of Chancellor George Osborne. A few things still need ironing out, though. Mark Young analyses the measures with feed in from manufacturers, Ministers and trade organisations.

In the opening gambit of his address to the House of Commons last month, George Osborne described this year’s Budget as one “for making things, not making things up”. With much of his material sourced from the Plan for Growth released the same day, manufacturing was certainly high on the agenda. According to the Chancellor,…

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