PM 'overruled' Darling on tougher Budget
Pre-Budget comment: The Chancellor has gone for easy targets, claims manufacturing organisation
Alistair Darling has gone for easy targets and avoided tough choices, writes Clive Turner, Head of External Affairs in the South West for EEF, which represents manufacturers.
West businesses lukewarm over PBR
The Chancellor's pre-Budget report was yesterday greeted with a lukewarm welcome at best by business leaders in the region.
Pre-Budget comment: Giving a good impression
Veteran commentator Chris Moncrieff delivers his verdict on the Pre-Budget Report
Pre-Budget comment: Malcolm Joy, a tax partner at BDO LLP, disects the Pre-Budget report
Malcolm Joy, a tax partner at BDO LLP in Bristol, comments on how the PBR might impact the region.
Pre-Budget comment: Gloucester Chamber of Trade & Commerce
Derek White, president of the Gloucester Chamber of Trade & Commerce, gives his organisation's verdict on Pre-Budget Report 2009.
Pre-Budget comment: Tax rises and spending cuts are on the menu
Bankers have got off lightly compared to the man in the street, according to Mike Warburton, a senior partner with South West-based business experts Grant Thornton.
Editor's blog
It's a bit like watching England in the World Cup
Editor of Southwestbusiness.co.uk magazine, Mike Ribbeck, on the Pre-Budget Report 2009 Visit the Editor Blog archiveThe Pre-Budget Report 2009
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Links to the official Treasury website
Pre-Budget Report 2009: Speech Pre-Budget Report 2009: Microsite Pre-Budget Report 2009: Index page
