英国商业团体对财政大臣约翰·希利的首份预算案给出了，批评其中缺乏支持企业的措施。
UK business groups gave Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey’s first budget a thumbs-down, calling out the lack of measures to support companies.
包括英国工业联合会、英国零售联盟和英国商会在内的游说团体表示，希利未能兑现其为企业提供“喘息空间”的承诺。
Lobbie groups including the Confederation of British Industry, British Retail Consortium and British Chambers of Commerce said Healey failed to deliver on his promise of “breathing space” for firms.
英国工业联合会首席执行官雷恩·牛顿-史密斯在一份声明中表示：“这份预算案缺乏本可让企业更容易投资、招聘和增长的大胆举措。没有任何具体措施为绝大多数企业提供喘息空间，这些企业已经在应对比欧洲同行高出三分之一的能源账单。”英国中小企业联合会表示，预算案“没有任何措施缓解居高不下的能源账单，也没有任何措施让招聘更负担得起。”
“This budget lacks the bold moves that would have made it easier for firms to invest, hire and grow,” CBI Chief Executive Officer Rain Newton-Smith said in a statement. “There is nothing concrete to provide breathing space for the vast majority of businesses who are already dealing with energy bills a third higher than their European counterparts.”The budget had “nothing to ease sky-high energy bills and nothing to make hiring someone more affordable,” the Federation of Small Businesses said.
英国商会表示，希利的方案缺乏“真正能扭转经济局势的重大决策”，并称“许多企业原本希望能看到更大的影响力。”据英国制造业协会称，该预算案“未能解决阻碍制造业投资和增长的任何根本性成本问题。”
The BCC said Healey’s package lacked “the big calls that would really shift the economic dial” and that “many firms will have been hoping for a greater impact.”Meanwhile, according to Make UK, the budget “failed to address any of the fundamental costs holding back investment and growth in manufacturing.”
希利在下议院表示，他“自豪地支持英国企业家取得成功”，并补充道：“我想以我们的优势为基础，释放英国的创新力量，推动竞争并提高英国企业的利润。”英国主要商业团体的集体负面反应对希利构成了挫折。此前他曾向高管们暗示将采取更多措施缓解成本压力，但随后传来了这些负面反馈。
Healey told the House of Commons that he was “proudly backing Britain’s entrepreneurs to succeed,” adding: “I want to build on our strengths to unleash the innovation power of Britain, to drive competition and raise profits in British business.”The collective reaction of Britain’s major business groups is a setback for Healey. The negative feedback comes after he had hinted to executives that he would do more to ease cost pressures.
宣布的一些亲商业措施包括：为零售、酒店和休闲行业企业减税、增加对人工智能的资金支持，以及增加对国家财富基金和英国商业银行的投资。
Some of the pro-business measures announced included a tax cut for businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure industries, more funding for artificial intelligence and an increase in investment in the National Wealth Fund and British Business Bank.
然而，财政大臣同时也提高了对银行的税收，没有降低就业成本，并削减了一项允许企业从税单中扣除资本支出的计划的长期优惠力度。
However, the chancellor also hiked taxes on banks, didn’t reduce employment costs and reduced the long-term generosity of a program that allows firms to deduct capital expenditure from their tax bills.
游说团体的失望反应出炉，此前它们的预算前诉求仅有极少数得到满足。这是根据彭博社对“2030繁荣联盟”智库编制数据的分析得出的结论，该数据详细列出了商业团体和企业此前呼吁采取的措施。
The downbeat response from lobby groups comes after only a handful of their pre-budget requests were met. That’s according to a Bloomberg analysis of data compiled by the 2030 Prosperity Alliance think tank, which details the measures that business groups and companies had called for.
最常见的诉求包括降低商业税率——一种备受诟病的商业地产税、不再增税，以及减免国民保险缴费。
The most common requests included lower business rates — an unpopular commercial property tax — no further tax rises, and relief from national insurance contributions.
虽然游说团体通常提出的要求多于预期能获得的，但结果显示，希利的预算案仍让它们意犹未尽。
While lobby groups often ask for more than they expect to get, the results show how Healey’s budget still left them wanting.