The CLA has claimed the Chancellor’s £350 billion business stimulus will bring farm enterprises ‘much-needed relief’, as the spread of coronavirus takes hold.
The new Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, announced the package of loans and grants to help UK businesses and workers cope with the lockdown of large parts of the economy.
It comes less than a week after the Treasury pledged £12bn in the Budget (March 11) to soften the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which Mr Sunak later admitted was ‘insufficient’ to tackle the crisis.
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Responding, a CLA spokesperson claimed the fiscal package would relieve the financial pressure on farm businesses as they came to terms with the COVID-19 outbreak.
The spokesperson said: “It is encouraging to see that the Chancellor has pledged to make £350bn available to the economy.”
While the CLA welcomed the announcement, the spokesperson urged further support was needed in the residential letting sector, in order to ensure ‘adequate levels of liquidity’.