Rising business rates and plans for growth top the wish list from businesses ahead of the Autumn Statement on Thursday.
While support for energy bills is already making an impact, firms want longer term and wider support to survive rising inflation, staffing and running costs as dire predictions warn of the longest recession since records began.
The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is due to unveil his Autumn Statement on Thursday, November 17, put back from the original October 31 Halloween date to allow for in-depth decisions of where the axe will fall.
