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Article: Chamber makes plea for funding ease in budget ; As Wednesday's Budget looms, North Staffordshire firms outline their wish list to business reporter Louise Psyllides
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- Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK)
- Article date:
- April 20, 2009
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As Wednesday's Budget looms, North Staffordshire firms outline
their wish list to business reporter Louise Psyllides
Improving access to finance to help firms cope with the recession
is the number one priority for business leaders ahead of this week's
Budget.
The North Staffordshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry has
submitted a package of recommendations to Chancellor Alistair
Darling, pictured below, on behalf of more than 1,000 businesses
across the region, with access to funding at the top of the list.
And while some of the issues, such as reducing red tape and
widening the M6 through Staffordshire, are familiar, this year's