Spending cuts need to concentrate on Central Government departments, Quangos and Defence, and leave not just the NHS, but also Police, Local Government and Education largely alone, say Britain’s private sector finance managers, in a new research report from business analysts Lindsell Marketing.  Conducted amongst over 1,000 UK company finance professionals, who themselves are having to manage the private sector’s austerity measures, this research contradicts significant aspects of the Chancellor’s budget cutting policies.

Measures to reduce the current public...

Cutting government spending is not enough.  There will have to be substantial increases in income tax, say Britain’s private sector finance managers, in a new research report from business analysts Lindsell Marketing.  Conducted amongst over 1,000 UK company finance professionals, the research reveals that income tax must rise to tackle the current public sector deficit. Moreover, spending cuts need to concentrate on central government departments and Quangos, and leave the NHS, the Police and local government largely alone.

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A survey of British business confidence in the three main political parties

Lindsell Marketing, April 2010

Management Summary

• Confidence in the economic management competence of the three main UK political parties is a key issue in the current election campaign


• Very few recent opinion polls have canvassed the opinion of British business, despite the fact that business people best qualified to...

Survey of UK companies shows LibDems and Conservatives in equal tussle for business opinion

(London, Tuesday 27^th April 2010) New research amongst British business about the economic competence of the three main political parties has revealed evidence of the Clegg Effect in the country’s commercial community.  The new survey, conducted by business analysts Lindsell Marketing, shows British firms believe the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats on a par for economic competence, but Labour trails far...