Autumn Budget 2021: key business announcements
The top announcements affecting businesses from 27 October 2021.
MTD will cost SMEs £25bn, says FSB
SME organisation calls for MTD reforms.
R&D spending hits £47.5bn in 2019/20
Expenditure on R&D as percentage of GDP trails behind target.
Calls resurface to abolish business rates
Opposition would increase digital services tax to fund the move.
Business rates threaten 4 out of 5 retailers with closure
Calls for rates reform ahead of Government review.