PRIME MINISTER TAKES UP THE CUT THE VAT CAMPAIGN
You may remember reading in the June 2011 issue of Master Builder about the FMB’s brand new Campaigns Participation Pack. We asked you to get involved in the FMB’s campaigns to help them make an even bigger impact. Well, one FMB member has proved that it really is worth the extra effort. Phillip Hall, Managing Director of Oxfordshire based firm Hall Construction Ltd, is a constituent of the Prime Minister, David Cameron. Like all FMB members, Hall Construction Ltd has been feeling the effects of the downturn in the economy, and like thousands of others, those effects have been made worse by the recent increase in VAT to 20 percent.
Motivated by the FMB’s ‘Cut the VAT’ campaign, Phillip requested a meeting with David Cameron during one of his regular constituency surgeries... More