A coalition of the UK’s leading logistics and industrial long-term investors and developers has warned that proposed changes to the business rates system risk damaging the very sectors the Government is aiming to support.
The threat of Scunthorpe’s closure generated national uproar. Protests were held, Chinese ‘sabotage’ blamed, and Labour even saw fit to recall Parliament.
Given the positive drivers in our sector, there are many reasons to be optimistic as we look ahead.