Eight new sites for freeports

摘要

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced eight new freeport sites - international gateways that will enjoy a raft of tax breaks from later this year. New freeports in England will be launched at East Midlands Airport, Liverpool (pictured), Felixstowe, Humber, Plymouth, Thames, Teesside and the Solent. The Treasury said businesses on these sites will benefit from 'more generous tax reliefs, simplified customs procedures and wider Government support, bringing investment, trade and jobs'. Discussions with the devolved administrations are ongoing to deliver similar deals in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland 'as soon as possible'. In his Budget speech last week, Mr Sunak said it was a policy the Government could only pursue now the UK was out of the EU though seven freeports were established in the country between 1984 and 2012.