freeports

A business Budget: Super deductions and freeports are coming

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Business has been placed at the heart of today’s Budget and the Chancellor has announced a number of sweeping changes to try and bolster jobs and investment up and down the country. Among a string of big-ticket announcements, we now know there’s a surprise new ‘super deduction’ plan on the way, corporation tax is going … Read more

Budget 2021: Rishi Sunak announces eight new freeports to boost international trade

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Rishi Sunak today unveiled the eight sites for the first freeports to be created in England. The Chancellor used the Budget to confirm the locations of the ‘special economic zones’ that were first announced in the Tories’ 2019 election manifesto.  East Midlands Airport, the Suffolk ports of Felixstowe and Harwich, the Humber region in Yorkshire, … Read more