We're not feeling the benefits of 'green' red tape challenge

摘要

71% of manufacturers say that cutting back on 'green' legislation is important to their business, but less than one in ten say that red tape culls to date have saved them either time or money, and efforts need to focus on the wider European Union, not simply the UK Britain's manufacturers have shown an amber light to the previous government's 'green' red tape challenge, with the benefits of better regulation still not being felt by business, according to a new report from EEF, the manufacturers' organisation. The report - Green tape: manufacturers' views of progress on Defra's regulatory reform agenda - shows that manufacturers want to see the Government go further in reforming legislation and streamlining data reporting, with seven in ten saying that cutting 'green' legislation in line with the 'one in, two out' policy is important to their business.