MANUFACTURERS’ organisation, the EEF, is calling on the Government to put the focus back on what it will do to promote more balanced growth in Wednesday’s Budget..EEF says the growing debate on new taxes and tax avoidance risks distracting attention from the need to boost confidence and get industry investing and creating new jobs.It adds industry needs to see a clear signal from Government about its ambitions for the UK economy and about how it is creating the right environment for firms to make their next investment here.EEF North West region director, David Ost, said: “Right now the top priority for our economy is to boost growth through investment and exports and to create more jobs.“Industry can deliver the growth but to do so it needs to hear a clear message from government on its ambitions for our economy and how it plans to achieve them.“But, the growing debate on new taxes and tax avoidance risks drowning out these messages and the Budget needs to get the focus back on to growth.“We need the government to provide the same clarity on its strategy for growth as it does on its plan for reducing the deficit.“The Budget needs to demonstrate to industry that the government has a clear plan for creating the right business environment over the rest of this Parliament.”Read
