Call to support region’s retail sector through Business Rates and Apprentice Levy rethink
The Government has been urged to rethink next April's Business Rates rise and reconsider its Apprenticeship Levy to provide vital support for retailers.
The call comes from employers' organisation, the CBI.
New research by CBI Economics, conducted on behalf of the CBI and its retail members, reveals retail and wholesale activity is now worth £352bn a year to the UK economy. It supports one in five of the nation’s jobs, with 5.7 million people employed within the sector or its suppliers.
In the North West alone, the sector ... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
