Infrastructure, innovation and enterprise must be top priority; CBI

Posted on 24 Nov 2014 by Callum Bentley

Against a backdrop of solid UK growth but increasing global risks, the CBI is calling on the Chancellor to focus on infrastructure investment, encouraging innovation and removing barriers to enterprise, in the Autumn Statement.

The latest CBI/URS Infrastructure Survey shows that businesses expect transport and energy infrastructure to worsen over the next five years. So the CBI’s package of growth boosting measures include: a tunnel under Stonehenge to relieve congestion to the South West; keeping momentum up on the A14 upgrade; and a final decision on the guarantee for…

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