HAMMOND'S BUDGET - WHAT NOW AND WHAT NEXT?

摘要

Andrew Woodward, head of materials handling at Investec Asset Finance Group, discusses a 'light' budget and Britain's trading relationship with Europe. The Spring Budget 2017 was intended to be in keeping with a Chancellor who has built up a reputation as a 'safe pair of hands', reassuringly ready to forgo drama and excitement in exchange for stability. With the exception of the furore over proposed increases to Class 4 National Insurance Contributions (NICs) for the self-employed, which have since been scrapped under pressure from Conservative backbenchers, the short Budget - about half the length of an average George Osborne Budget - was absent of significant policy changes.