Make UK’s call for the government to recognise that the energy crisis for industry is happening now is spot-on
In the long list of budget submissions from the business world, here’s one the chancellor is probably disinclined to smile upon.
Make UK, the body representing manufacturers, would like the government to expand its energy support scheme – the one unveiled in June as part of the shiny new industrial strategy – from 7,000 firms to 115,000 businesses. And it would like the promised savings in electricity bills to be backdated to April this year; as scheduled, the so-called British industrial competitiveness scheme, or BICS, is due to arrive only in April 2027.
