{"id":114974,"date":"2021-05-24T07:56:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T07:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=114974"},"modified":"2021-05-24T07:56:59","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T07:56:59","slug":"british-employers-call-for-economic-transformation-after-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/british-employers-call-for-economic-transformation-after-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"British employers call for economic transformation after COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<figcaption>FILE PHOTO: People walk past a sign in a shop window amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manchester, Britain, December 15, 2020. REUTERS\/Phil Noble\/File Photo<\/figcaption><p>LONDON (Reuters) &#8211; British employers called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday to overhaul regulation and tax rules to help them meet the challenges of Brexit, the post-pandemic recovery and preparing for a net-zero carbon economy.<\/p>\n<p>The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said 2021 should be a turning point for economic policy to break the pattern of weak productivity that has weighed on growth for more than a decade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis country will never have a greater opportunity to transform our economy and society,\u201d CBI Director-General Tony Danker said. \u201cThis is the moment where we have a genuine chance to make big bets on how the UK economy will grow and compete.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CBI urged regulators to prioritise investment, the creation of economic clusters around the country to foster innovation and better skills training.<\/p>\n<p>It also said a long-term plan was needed for taxation that would allow Britain to fix the damage to its public finances wrought by the biggest ever budget deficit in peacetime without hurting business investment.<\/p>\n<p>Britain\u2019s economy slumped by almost 10% last year and is due to grow by 7.25% in 2021, according to the Bank of England. But the central bank has forecast that growth after 2022 will return to its slow, pre-pandemic pace.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-health-coronavirus-britain-employers\/british-employers-call-for-economic-transformation-after-covid-19-idUSKCN2D50BC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE PHOTO: People walk past a sign in a shop window amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manchester, Britain, December 15, 2020. 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