Rise in NI Put Lid on Job Creation‏

March 26, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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Business leaders welcomed a series of Budget measures aimed at boosting smaller companies but were dismayed an increase in National Insurance Contributions will not reversed.
The chairman of the federation of Small Businesses, John Walker, warned that the 1% increase from April 2011 could cost 57000 jobs. Without a NICc holiday for companies employing fewer than 50 employees, pressure will increase on struggling firms, meaning that they will not be able to take on additional employees. However, other measures earmarked for small to medium enterprises, including a £2.5 billion one-off growth package, were embraced.
Alistair Darling also announced an extra 15% of central government contracts, which worth about £15 billion, would go to the smaller businesses. He also added that the business rates will be cut for one year from October, spelling a tax reduction for more than 500000 small business in England.
The FSB said that business rates were the third highest outlay for small businesses and the cut would come as a huge relief.
lower taxes, extra work and more time to pay bills would help thousands of small businesses, which will provide the backbone of UK’s future economic growth and job creation. Meanwhile, part-nationlized banks hav pledged £94 billion in extra loans for struggling businesses in the coming year.
RBS and TSB have agreed to lend nearly half the total amount to smaller companies.

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