Businesses Unable To Plan, Due To Cuts
September 30, 2010The current state of Britain means that for us to get back on our financial feet, cuts will be necessary, and while most of us are aware of the impact this will have on the public sector, the cuts will actually affect many other industries.
The trade body who represent the insolvency profession, R3, have recently warned that there could be nearly 150,000 small businesses who if they lose their public sector income will find themselves seriously low on income, with the likelihood of their businesses failing becoming more and more likely.
For those of you who are thinking that our new coalition aren’t thinking laterally, it will be welcome to hear that R3 and bodies like them also agree. In R3’s recent survey over a third of small businesses surveyed reportedly considered themselves to be reliant on the work they are given from the public sector.
This loss of work is not just a problem for now, it also means that the businesses affected are at the mercy of the sometimes hasty reviews that the current government have seen to undertake, which directly reduces the ability for businesses to plan for the next year or so.
It isn’t just the professions that are hit elsewhere that are struggling, many of the stable or thriving professions are also finding these reviews and new regimes frustrating , with solicitors finding divorce settlements are paused while pensions are reviewed and claims professionals being affected by a number of new pieces of legislation.
Funding to schools also has a wider reach as whilst holding of on renovations and new builds disadvantages our future generations, it also means that the construction industry are missing out on a wealth of work- some of which companies had already been commissioned to do.
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