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14 Dec 2009
The National Insurance (NI) hike announced in Chancellor Alistair Darling's Pre-Budget Report (PBR) has been slammed by channel onlookers and business bodies.
The PBR's business-centric measures included a 12-month extension to the SME-focused Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme. Darling said: "As recovery gets underway, we need to ensure that SMEs get the credit they need."
An extra 0.5 per cent spike in NI contributions will be introduced on top of a planned 0.5 per cent increase in April 2011. The British Chambers of Commerce claimed the move "undermined" other business measures, while the CBI labelled it "a serious mistake".
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John Massey, managing director of VAR Actimax, said: "This adds to everybody's costs with no benefits."
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