Over 100 major business leaders, who employ more than half a million people, have backed the Conservative Party’s policy of lowering corporation tax. They say that David Cameron’s long-term economic plan is the right way to create jobs, grow businesses and secure a better future for Britain.
It is an independent endorsement of the Conservative economic plan by the people who do the most to create jobs in our country and make our economy grow.
Over 100 of the UK’s foremost business leaders – people who create jobs and grow our economy - have signed the letter.
The signatories – who signed in a personal capacity – hold senior positions in companies which employ over half a million people in the UK. They include senior executives of 9 FTSE 100 companies and 21 FTSE 250 companies, as well as 29 small and medium sized businesses.
The list includes senior business leaders such as Bob Dudley (CEO, BP Plc); Sir Charles Dunstone (Chairman, Dixons Carphone and Talk Talk plc); Peter Grauer (Chairman, Bloomberg LP); Andy Harrison (CEO, Whitbread Plc); Sir Nigel Rudd (Chairman Designate, Meggitt Plc); Tidjane Thiam (CEO, Prudential Plc); Nick Robertson OBE (CEO, ASOS); Chrissie Rucker (Founder, The White Company); Malcolm Walker CBE (Founder Iceland); George Weston (CEO, Associated British Foods Plc) and many others.
Greg Hands, the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Chelsea and Fulham commented on the Conservative Party’s policy of lowering corporation tax: “By cutting corporation tax, we are backing businesses to grow and create jobs, helping make Britain the fastest growing major economy in the world and creating 1.9 million jobs. As these senior business figures point out, a change in course will threaten jobs, send out a negative message about Britain and put the recovery at risk.
“The choice is simple: throw it all away by putting Ed Miliband in Downing Street – with every working household facing a £3,028 tax rise. Or vote Conservative so we can continue the job of building a strong economy that underpins everything else we want to do as a country whether it’s caring for our elderly, educating our children, looking after our military or investing in our health service.”
You can read the letter of 100 business leaders supporting the Conservatives’ economic plan here.