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By Frank McKenna

Um sólido oito em dez para o orçamento de Sunak

Frank McKenna oferece seus pensamentos sobre o orçamento e o coronavírus em seu último blog no centro da cidade.

[vc_row type = ”in_container” Full_Screen_row_Position = "Middle" cenário_position = "Center" text_color = "Dark" text_align = "esquerda" Sobreagem_strength = "0.3 ″ Shape_Divider_Position =" Bottom "] [VC_Column column_padding_position = "all" background_color_opacity = "1 ″ background_hover_color_opacity =" 1 ″ column_shadow = "none" column_border_radius = "into" width = "2/3 ″ tablet_text_alignment =" default "/telefone_tht_tht_tht =" 2/3 ″ Tablet_text_alignment = "default"/telefone_tht_tht_Text = "2/3 ″ Tablet_text_alignment =" default "/telefon_tx_Text =" 2/3 ″ tablet_text_alignment = "default". column_border_style = "sólido"] [vc_column_text] Seria gritado não dar crédito ao novo chanceler Rishi Sunak por fornecer um primeiro orçamento dinâmico e eficaz nesta semana. As autoridades devolvidas e um novo acordo de devolução para Leeds e West Yorkshire devem ser aplaudidas. maneira e lembre -se de que o 'risco' deve fazer parte de seu arsenal e abordagem à medida que entramos em um período adicional de incerteza. E recebi excelente apoio do Círculo de Financiamento, pois o centro da cidade nos negócios fez sua jornada de crescimento nos últimos cinco anos. No entanto, o dinheiro é relativamente caro e nem todas as PMEs serão uma proposta atraente para iniciativas de crowdfunding. Empurrado e os bancos se tornam um primeiro porto de chamada nas empresas nas próximas semanas. Nossos setores de hospitalidade e varejo estão sendo martelados no momento e qualquer assistência é necessária e muito bem recebida. A austeridade pode muito bem ter chegado ao fim, mas as autoridades locais de todo o país podem se sentir decepcionadas corretamente por serem ignoradas na luta do coronavírus. A assistência social é de responsabilidade de nosso conselho e, a menos que eu tenha perdido algo, parece que não houve recursos adicionais prometidos para o que inevitavelmente será um período de aumento da demanda.

There are more things that I would have liked to have seen, for sure, but as a starting point his announcements around infrastructure spending, a number of business-friendly initiatives, additional cash for devolved authorities and a new devolution deal for Leeds and West Yorkshire must be applauded.

On the business support agenda is a commitment to give companies easier access to finance to help us get through cash flow difficulties which may well arise in the coming months as a result of Coronavirus.

This is good news – but only so long as the banks rediscover their appetite to support the business community in a meaningful way and remember that ‘risk’ should be part of their armory and approach as we enter a further period of uncertainty.

I hope the Chancellor will be holding banks to account and putting in place monitoring processes so that we can demonstrably and transparently see evidence of a new wave of serious, genuine banking finance support for business.

The proliferation of business funding support agencies in recent times has been a welcome addition to the market and I have received excellent support from Funding Circle as Downtown in Business has gone on its growth journey over the past five years. However, the money is relatively expensive and not all SMEs will be an attractive proposition for crowdfunding initiatives.

Equally, many Government backed funds are painfully bureaucratic – and again tend to be more risk averse than a budding entrepreneur would hope them to be.

So, this new lending facility coupled with a drop in interest rates, ought to see the reset button well and truly pushed and the banks become a businesses first port of call in the coming weeks.

Announcements around business rates are also to be welcomed. Our hospitality and retail sectors are being hammered at the moment and any assistance is both needed and very well received.

Likewise, the raising of the National Insurance threshold, an increase in support for R&D, a freeze on fuel duty and the review of the ‘Green Book’ rules are all positive moves.

However, as with all budgets, there were misses that need to be flagged. Austerity may well have come to an end, but local authorities across the country can rightly feel let down for being ignored in the Coronavirus fight. Social care is the responsibility of our council’s and unless I have missed something there appears to have been no additional resources promised for what will inevitably be a period of increased demand.

Eu acho que a abolição virtual dos empreendedores aliviados tributários é contra -intuitiva, fazendo o oposto absoluto do objetivo declarado do governo de construir e incentivar uma cultura empresarial no Reino Unido. Uma revisão muito necessária das leis de planejamento e da reforma do planejamento que pode nos deixar continuar com um programa de construção de casas há muito vencidas foi o menos que eu esperava em relação ao setor. crise. Nossa capacidade de adotar um lábio superior rígido e enfrentar todos os jogadores nos viu bem acima do peso das nossas ilhas ao longo da história e fomos constantemente lembrados de que vencemos não um, mas duas guerras mundiais. Sugeriu -se que essa robustez e coragem foram embutidas em nosso DNA. Dite uma abordagem muito mais calma e medida de todos nós.

And, for those involved in housing and property development, was there anything at all? A much- needed review of planning laws and planning reform that can let us get on with a long overdue house building programme was the least I expected in relation to the sector.

Nonetheless, as I said at the outset, overall, it is a decent budget and one that business can welcome build on.

Don’t panic

There was much talk during the Brexit debate of how fantastic us Brits are in a crisis. Our ability to adopt a stiff upper lip and take on all-comers has seen us punch well above our Islands weight throughout history and we were constantly reminded that we have won not one, but two World Wars. It was suggested that such robustness and courage was inbuilt into our DNA.

I’m not sure how that narrative sits alongside images this week of people panic buying bog roll and many supermarkets shelves being left empty as the ‘Bulldog’ British public have reacted to the Coronavirus outbreak in a state of inexplicable panic.

I am no medical expert, but it seems to me that common sense should dictate a far calmer and measured approach from all of us.

para colocar esse novo vírus em contexto. A taxa de mortalidade na China devido ao coronavírus é de 1 em 454.401. Lavando nossas mãos de maneira mais completa e regular. Mas eu me pergunto se estaremos olhando para trás neste episódio no futuro, imaginando o que realmente se tratava? column_shadow = "None" column_border_radius = "none" width = "1/3 ″ tablet_text_alignment =" default "Phone_text_alignment =" default "column_border_width =" nenhum " column_border_style = "sólido"] [vc_raw_html] jtndySuymghyzwylm0qlmjjodhrwcyuzqsuyriuyrnr3ax R0zxIUy29TJTJGRG93BNRVD25GCMFUAYUZRNJLZl9ZCMLM0R0D3NYYYUTVFGZ3JTIYJTIWY2XHC3MLM0QLMJ J0D2L0DGVYLWZVBGXVDY1IDXR0B24LMJILMJBKYXRHLXNOB3CTY291BNQLM0QLMJJMYWXZZZSUYMIUZRUZVBGXVDY Uymcu0mervd250b3durnjhbmslm0mlmkzhjtnfjtndc2nyaxb0jtiwyxn5bmmlmjbzcmmlm0qlmjjodhrwcyUzqs Uyriuyrnbsyxrmb3jtlnr3axr0zxiUy29tjtjgd2lkz2v0cy5qcyuymiuymgnoyxjzzxqlm0qlmjj1dgytocuymi UzrsUzqyuyrnnjcmlwdcuzrq == [/vc_raw_html] [vc_raw_html] jtndySUymgSyxnzjtnejtiydhdpdhrlci1 0aw1lbGluzSUymiuyMgrHDGETAGVPZ2H0JTNEJTIMYTAWMCUYMIUYMGHYZWYLM0QLMJJODHRWCYUZQSUYRIUYRNR 3axr0ZXIUY29TJTJGRG93BNRVD25GCMFUAYUZRNJLZl9ZCMLM0R0D3NYYYUTVFDGZ3JTIYJTNFVHDLZXRZJTI wynklmjbeb3dudg93bkzyyw5rjtndjtjgysUzrsuymcUzq3njcmlwdcuymgfzew5jjtiwc3jjjtnejtiyahr0chm lm0elmkylmkzwbgf0zm9ybs50d2l0dgvylmnvbsuyrndpzgdldhmuanmlmjilmjbjagfyc2v0jtnejtiydxrmltg lmjilm0ulm0mlmkzzy3jpchqlm0ulmja = [/vc_raw_html] [vc_raw_html] jtndysUymghyzwylm0qlmjjodhrw cyuzqsuyriuyrnr3axr0zxiuy29tjtjgrg93bnrvd25gcmfuayUzrnjlzl9zCmmlm0r0d3nyyuyntvfdgz3Jtiy Jtiwy2xhc3mlm0qlmjj0d2l0dgvylwzvbgxvdy1idxr0b24lmjilmjbkyxrhlxnob3cty291bnqlm0qlmjjmywxz ZSUYMIUZRUZVBGXVDYUYMCU0MERVD250B3DURNJHBMSLM0MLMKZHJTNFJTNDC2NYAXB0JTIWYXN5BMMLMJBZCMML M0qlmjjodhrwcyuzqsuyriuyrnbsyxrmb3jtlnr3axr0zxiuy29tjtjgd2lkz2v0cy5qcyuymiuymgnoyxjzzxxql M0qlmjj1dgytocUymiuzrsuzqyuyrnnjcmlwdcuzrq == [/vc_raw_html] [/vc_column] [/vc_row]

The death rate in the UK due to traffic accidents in 2018 was 1 in 37,536.

Effectively you were 12 times more likely to die in a UK road accident in 2018 than you are to die of Coronavirus in China!

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