TheCityUK Calls For Budget To Boost Skills And UK Competitiveness
Date
24/02/2021
Ahead of the Budget, TheCityUK has proposed targeted measures to boost sustainability, productivity, competitiveness, secure future skills and increase diplomatic resources to help capitalise on services-focused trade deals around the world. These are all vital to building an economy that incentivises innovation, attracts investment and acts as a dynamo for growth and jobs across our country.
Key points from
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Partner with business to advance sustainability goals: The government should work with business to ensure that the right incentive structures are in place – ones that are sufficient for businesses to promote sustainable investments over non-sustainable ones. It should establish joint industry working groups to focus on international cooperation and agree consistent methodologies for measuring the effectiveness of national initiatives in addressing climate change.