Vote 'no' to Manchester congestion charge, says business lobby group
8 December 2008
With less than a week to go before the vote closes on the world's biggest proposed congestion charge, the FPB is urging the people of Greater Manchester to vote 'no' and reject this additional tax on businesses and commuters. more >>
Businesses will be able to ‘do more work’ to pay for congestion charge, says Manchester’s ‘Yes Campaign’
24 October 2008
Following claims that, with car journeys made unfeasible by the proposed Manchester congestion charge, plumbers and other self-employed people would be forced to travel to work by tram, the Yes Campaign has pointed to the Inland Revenue's statement that business travel expenses would be tax deductable.
Freeze in fuel duty is only a first step, says business lobby group
16 July 2008
The FPB believes that the Government's decision to postpone the planned 2p increase in fuel duty, which was scheduled to take place in October, is a welcome move. However, the FPB is backing a call to go further and halve duty for some commercial lorries, following research commissioned by the Freight Transport Authority (FTA) into the impact on government revenue of decoupling diesel duty on heavy lorries.
