CPA Reaction to the Autumn Statement The CPA's Economics Director, Noble Francis, gave his reaction to Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement on Wednesday, highlighting the Chancellor's announcements on 'Full Expensing' and Speeding Up Infrastructure Delivery. The CPA's Economics Team also produced a Weekly Notes special exploring the Statement in detail. This can be accessed on the CPA website here.
Read moreCommenting on today’s Autumn Statement, CPA Economics Director, Noble Francis, said: "With one eye on the General Election next year, this was always likely to be an Autumn Statement primarily aimed at helping working households and businesses. Jeremy Hunt highlighted that lower personal and business taxation will play a central role in the Conservative party’s approach for next year’s election and gave more clarity to the Government’s updated approach to boosting growth. A cut in the National Insurance rate from 12% to 10% and ‘Full Expensing’ for business investment were the two key headlines from the Chancellor’s speech in the House of Commons today.
Read moreCPA Webinar: Sustainability as a Business Issue - 22 November 2023| 11am At the CPA, sustainability policy has been a central priority for almost twenty years. In this webinar Jane Thornback will speak about her role as CPA’s Sustainability Policy Advisor where she has run the Sustainability Policy Group for over 18 years. This Group now has over 200 participants from amongst CPA’s broad membership. Jane provides a forecasting service to CPA members highlighting changing government policies and trends as well as market-based drivers that are emerging to address climate change and resource challenges. Jane also develops the industry responses to Government Calls for Evidence and consultations, the two precursors to emerging regulation. CPA’s aim being to ensure new policies and regulations are standards based and business viable. Register here.
Read moreThank you for making our Lunch a success! Wow - another great event! Despite the weather, nearly all our guests made their way to The Brewery to join us for our Autumn Lunch. Over 500 guests enjoyed fine dining, expert insight in the industry and politics from a former Minister, and networking with other players in the sector. You can see the highlights by accessing the official photography here. To download the images, use the PIN 6825. We would like to thank our sponsors Siderise and EJ Group for making this event possible. See you in the Spring for what should be another great event!
Read moreThank you for making our Lunch a success! Wow - another great event! Despite the weather, nearly all our guests made their way to The Brewery to join us for our Autumn Lunch. Over 500 guests enjoyed fine dining, expert insight in the industry and politics from a former Minister, and networking with other players in the sector. You can see the highlights by accessing the official photography here. To download the images, use the PIN 6825. We would like to thank our sponsors Siderise and EJ Group for making this event possible. See you in the Spring for what should be another great event!
Read moreCPA Autumn Lunch | Less than a week to go! We are very much looking forward to seeing all our guests next week at The Brewery for our annual Autumn Lunch. Our lunches have proven to be a great success for networking, great food and drinks. Note for guests: Be sure to use the event site sent to your table hosts to find your seat at the event and for the full agenda for the day. See you in just under a week's time! We would like to thank our sponsors Siderise and EJ Group for making this event possible.
Read moreCPA Construction Industry Forecasts Webinar | Next Thursday 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Sign-up now to join our upcoming Autumn Forecasts webinar, hosted by CPA Economics Director Noble Francis. Noble will be looking at key elements from the latest Forecasts which will be published on Monday 23 October. Join us for this webinar to get more insight from Noble and have the opportunity to get your questions answered. Click here to register. CPA Trade Association Members are welcome to share this link with their respective members.
Read moreNew Sponsor Announcement | CPA Autumn Lunch - We're happy to announce that one of our newest Affiliate Members EJ Group, will be sponsoring the CPA Autumn Lunch in a few weeks time. EJ is one of the leading forces in the design, manufacture and distribution of access solutions for water, sewer, drainage, telecommunications and utility networks worldwide. Thank you to EJ Group and Siderise for their ongoing support - our lunches wouldn't be possible without our sponsors.
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