Wednesday 5th December 2012
Richard Threlfall, UK Head of Infrastructure, Building and Construction at KPMG comments on the Autumn Statement:
“The Chancellor continues to try to hold back the tide of a growing North-South divide through commitments to extending high speed rail to the North West and Yorkshire, upgrade of the M1 to motorway standard to Newcastle and ultra-fast broadband in key cities across the country.
“While very welcome, whether these will suffice to offset the corrosive impact on the UK economy of business failures and joblessness disproportionately hitting our northern cities remains to be seen.”
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