Business leaders call for 'tarmac and telecoms' from productivity fund
by Graham Ruddick from Economics | The Guardian on (#22QEF)
Investment fund of 23bn announced in autumn statement must be quickly translated into action, CBI head says
Business leaders have told the government it must convert a new 23bn productivity investment fund into "tarmac, tracks and telecoms" rapidly if it wants to boost Britain's lagging productivity and economic growth.
The private sector has become increasingly frustrated at a string of unfulfilled pledges by the government - primarily by the former chancellor George Osborne - to step up investment in British infrastructure.
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