Find out what's in the CBI's Autumn Statement submission for the SMEs that don't always get the attention they deserve.
The CBI’s mission is to speak for businesses of all sizes and sectors, across the whole economy, to ensure sustainable growth for the benefit of society in every UK nation and region.
Businesses face the same challenges whether they are based in urban, or rural locations, but for those in rural and coastal areas, these challenges can be heightened due to a lack of economies of scale, distance, sparsity and demography.
The CBI’s Autumn statement submission prioritises the catalysts for sustainable growth. Measures we've suggested that will stimulate economic prosperity across the UK’s regions and nations include: -
Publishing a national strategy to accelerate the delivery of key infrastructure projects to spur economic growth and levelling up.
Work in partnership with Devolved Nations to adopt their own strategies and, where these already exist, build them into a coherent UK-wide strategy. This strategy should include addressing blockers to delivery - whether that's the current