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Business Travel Groups Issue Tax Warning to UK Government
SOURCE: BTN EUROPE, GBTA FEATURED,11/24

Leading business travel groups have warned the UK government not to increase the costs of corporate travel through new tax-raising measures.

The UK government will hold its annual budget on Wednesday (26 November), with speculation that it could increase Air Passenger Duty (APD) and introduce levies on overnight hotel stays and the use of electric vehicles (EVs).

The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), Institute of Travel Management (ITM) and UK-based Business Travel Association (BTA) have warned in a joint statement that these measures “risk undermining growth at the very moment the UK economy needs it most”.

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