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By: Shevaun Haviland

Shevaun Haviland is director general of the British Chambers of Commerce

All 4 Articles
  • Domestic policies are choking UK businesses

    Opinion

    The last decade of domestic policy decisions has created a towering cost stack that is choking business growth, writes Shevaun Haviland.

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  • The UK’s cost stack is choking business growth

    Opinion

    Much of the UK has faced a summer of sweltering temperatures as the country hasbounced from one unrelenting heatwave to another. Businesses know all too well that unrelenting feeling. A decade of constant cost pressures from domestic policy decisions has been hugely damaging. It’s a cost stack is chocking business growth. Before a pound of [...]

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  • Business rates are a relic of a bygone era. Reform them to save the high street

    Opinion

    Business rates are sinking Britain’s high streets - inaction is no longer an option for the Chancellor, writes Shevaun Haviland.

    Business rates are set to be reformed by Rachel Reeves later this year.
  • Britain’s trade deals mean nothing if we neglect our own industries

    June 4, 2025

    Trade deals and global ambitions will mean nothing if Britain neglects its domestic industries, writes Shevaun Haviland.

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