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Autumn Finances 2021: Sheffield enterprise leaders give their verdict on Chancellor Rishi Sunak

Steve Foxley, executive director of Sheffield University’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Center, said the Chancellor recognized that science and innovation can help find answers to many of the challenges the region, country and planet are facing.He added: “To achieve net zero carbon emissions, level our regions or respond to health emergencies, we need to invest in

Northern Tories name on Rishi Sunak to chop enterprise charges and stop extra store closures

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been asked to cut business rates.A new study released today by political communications consultancy WPI Strategy, after being commissioned by retailers such as Co-op, Morrisons and Waterstones, warns that many more stores will close without an urgent cut in overall tariffs.Nearly 9,000 stores closed across the country in the first half