2022年11月17日

快速增長的策劃市場Print Ankorstore對財政大臣的秋季聲明做出了回應，它認為在試圖“減輕對獨立零售商的打擊”方麵做得還不夠。該公司英國總經理塔倫·吉多馬爾說:“英國的小企業和零售商在過去一年中麵臨的眾多變化和挑戰，包括新冠肺炎、通貨膨脹、能源價格上漲以及現在的財政拖累，使他們不堪重負。”令人震驚的是，97%的英國獨立零售商認為政府在2022年持續的“永久危機”中沒有提供足夠的支持，在今天的聲明之後，這一數字可能會進一步上升。“亨特說他會‘減輕對企業的打擊’是不夠的，全國上下的獨立零售商需要更多，才能在2022年持續的‘永久危機’中生存下來。“如果政府未能延長能源救濟計劃，正如今天的預算完全錯過的那樣，大多數獨立零售商(89%)認為他們將因此受到影響，幾乎一半的獨立零售商(42%)表示這將導致他們關閉或考慮關閉。“關閉這麼多偉大的獨立零售商將對依賴這些商店的社區產生巨大而深遠的影響，對它們提供的社會基礎設施以及英國經濟複蘇產生影響，預計這將是我們有史以來持續時間最長的衰退。“我們呼籲政府重新審視今天的預算，為小企業提供更多的資金，以創造更大的穩定性，並促進英國商業街的增長。什麼都不做不是一種選擇。”小型企業聯合會(FSB)全國主席馬丁·麥克塔格(Martin McTague)聚焦於秋季聲明中宣布的稅收措施，他說:“今天的預算在隱性創造方麵很高，而在財富創造方麵很低，這給英國550萬小企業及其員工和客戶帶來了更多壓力。”他說:“遏製通貨膨脹固然重要，但為繁榮、增長和支持企業創造條件的措施也同樣重要。 Today is a missed opportunity to avoid further economic slowdown. “Small businesses, which account for more than 16 million jobs in the UK, were already facing an acute cost of doing business crisis through soaring costs, falling revenues, shrinking availability of affordable finance, and a rise in invoices being paid late. “On top of all that, they now face even higher taxes, cuts to innovation, and a recipe for a longer and deeper recession. “The slashing of dividend taxation allowances will be a bitter blow to hard-working owners of small limited companies trying to pay the bills, earn a living and grow their business. This is a group which was excluded from direct support during the darkest days of Covid, then more recently pushed out of the cut in National Insurance. “The changes set out by the Chancellor will leave a company director earning £40,000 a year more than £500 worse off than an employee earning £40,000 and paying income tax and national insurance. “Freezing the threshold for employer National Insurance at a time of such high inflation is a stealthy hike in the jobs tax, just as recessionary pressures threaten an increase in unemployment. Alongside the understandable rise in the Living Wage, this Budget will ramp up the costs of employment without offsetting that with measures to reduce other business costs. “Stealthily freezing the VAT threshold at a time of sky-high inflation will both drag more struggling small firms into scope for the tax, while disincentivising others from growing. FSB’s research shows one-in-four (24%) of small firms and the self-employed are held back by the VAT threshold. The few saving graces here are the retention of the Employment Allowance at its current level, which was hard fought for by FSB, and the continuation of the lower National Insurance rate for the self-employed and employees. “It is welcome that the energy support package for small firms will remain in place until April, helping them through a very tough winter ahead. However, going forward, continued support should not be viewed through the narrow lens of specific sectors, but rather based upon the size of a business. “The chancellor may consider that today’s Statement has steadied the economic ship after recent turbulence. But it is now time to raise the anchor, re-start the engines, and set a course towards economic recovery, promoting enterprise and innovation, and future prosperity. Whether that direction is set in the coming months is a decision which will be make or break for many small businesses.”