SMALL businesses across Kirklees could be given a vital boost in tomorrow’s Budget, says a tax and accountancy specialist.
“Freezing business rates would give a major boost to many local businesses,” said Nick Brook (pictured right), who runs TaxAssist Accountants in Huddersfield.
“We would also like to see the Chancellor increase the VAT registration threshold and widen the Employers National Insurance Contributions holiday for start-ups.
“These simple measures would provide significant savings for many small businesses across Kirklees, allowing for more businesses to survive and grow.”
TaxAssist Accountants, which has its Huddersfield offices in Lockwood, has been taking soundings from its 43,000 UK small business customers and has held forums across the country with local MPs, local government representatives, banking, finance and business rescue specialists, to raise the big issues facing small business.
The national network is feeding the results back to policy makers, commercial banking teams and business organisations at national and local level.
