Investment sector reveals Budget 2015 wish-list

Investment sector reveals Budget 2015 wish-list

Laura Miller
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Investment sector trade body the Wealth Management Association (WMA) has set out its wish-list for what it would like to see announced during Wednesday's Budget.

Chancellor George Osborne is due to deliver his final budget before the General Election on 18 March. With the UK being home to one of the largest financial services centres in the world, the WMA said the City is eagerly waiting to hear how the government is planning to help businesses to thrive and grow in fiercely competitive market conditions. Here it details what it wants from Osborne in what could be the coalition's last ever Budget.   Ensuring the financial markets enable growth Reviewing the process for bringing SMEs to the stock market would complement the work the gov...

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