New PM Must Ease Burden on Firms to Drive Growth, Says BCC Boss

New prime minister must ease burden on firms to drive growth, says BCC

Shevaun Haviland is to say that successive government have ‘hobbled’ business prospects over recent years.

BACK BUSINESS TO DELIVER GROWTH     - British Chambers of Commerce

A new Administration must back business if it wants the UK to prosper, Director General of the BCC, Shevaun Haviland, is set to warn.   At the BCC’s Global Annual Conference, Haviland will outline how successive governments have hobbled Britain’s business prospects and the three drivers of growththrough which the damage can be fixed.  She will urge the next Prime Minister to resist the temptation to pile costs on business, if they want the econo…

New PM must ease burden on firms to drive growth, says BCC boss

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BCC's Haviland: Burnham must make growth his top priority

Andy Burnham must place economic growth at the heart of his premiership and promise to bring down costs for businesses if he wants the Labour party to win back the trust of the private sector, the boss of Britain’s largest industry body will say. In a speech at the British Chambers of Commerce’s annual conference, director general Shevaun Haviland will accuse successive governments of hobbling businesses’ prospects and “failing to fulfil” Britai…