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  Katja Hall

  The CBI’s chief policy director explains that ‘the jury’s out’ on the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill

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  London 2012

  All the latest on how business are getting ready for the Games

• Tax event

  'Tax system is bestroute to prosperity'

    

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  'UK businesses pay around a quarter of the country's tax revenue - and a competitive tax system is essential to the economy

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