
How will the Spring Budget 2017 Affect Manchester Businesses?
Spring Budget 2017: Key Points at a glance
- UK growth up this year; borrowing coming down
- Increase in National Insurance tax contributions for self-employed people
- Tax-free dividend allowance falls from £5,000 to £2,000 in April 2018
- Measures for business rates effectively give a £435m cut, including a £1,000 cut for nine out of ten pubs
- £2bn for social care
- £100m for new triage programmes in English hospitals