• Chancellor extends job support packages
    • 05/10/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    UK chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a £500m jobs support package, which includes incentives for hiring apprentices. The £3,000 bonus to employers for hiring new apprentices ended in September, but Sunak has now announced the scheme will be extended for another four months. Meanwhile, Kickstart will not end in [...]
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  • FTA calls for budget fuel tax cut
    • 30/06/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has called on the Chancellor to freeze or cut fuel duty ahead of Wednesday’s FairFuelUK event at the House of Commons. Chief executive David Wells has written to George Osborne asking him not to renege on his promise to hold current levels until September. FTA, which [...]
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