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Good evening and welcome to the late Look North. | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
A budget for small businesses or not - we look at the impact | :00:00. | :00:10. | |
And best foot forward - leading businesses come together | :00:11. | :00:13. | |
to promote Leeds' bid to be European Capital of Culture 2023. | :00:14. | :00:20. | |
What a lovely sunny afternoon we had. We'll be sunshine last? Join me | :00:21. | :00:31. | |
for the updated forecast. -- will be sunshine. Thank you for joining us. | :00:32. | :00:36. | |
One of the main bullet points from today's budget | :00:37. | :00:43. | |
was the announcement of ?435 million to help small firms facing | :00:44. | :00:45. | |
The Treasury said that 16,000 businesses would benefit | :00:46. | :00:53. | |
from the ?150 million of targeted support for smaller | :00:54. | :00:55. | |
companies, while others may receive sums from the 305 million | :00:56. | :00:57. | |
Each local authority will receive at least a ?100,000 | :00:58. | :01:05. | |
from the fund to distribute as they see fit to those | :01:06. | :01:07. | |
So what do Yorkshire businesses think? | :01:08. | :01:10. | |
Here's our Business Correspondent Danni Hewson. | :01:11. | :01:11. | |
Keeping control of the finer details is a necessity for every | :01:12. | :01:14. | |
It is why this year's re-evaluation of business rates has | :01:15. | :01:20. | |
The owner of this salon in Halifax is the former and will benefit | :01:21. | :01:28. | |
It has meant I have been able to expand and also take on | :01:29. | :01:33. | |
an apprentice at the salon, which has been fantastic. | :01:34. | :01:35. | |
I want to grow my business and that's a really good | :01:36. | :01:38. | |
way to do it and I've really enjoyed training as well. | :01:39. | :01:41. | |
Without the rate relief, what would it mean to your business? | :01:42. | :01:43. | |
It would have to come from somewhere. | :01:44. | :01:47. | |
On the flip side, this Wakefield travel agent is facing | :01:48. | :01:49. | |
a hike of ?9,000 per year, money which could support | :01:50. | :01:51. | |
It's a massive jump, one faced by many | :01:52. | :01:54. | |
businesses and one the Chancellor was under pressure to deal with | :01:55. | :01:58. | |
I will provide local authorities with a ?300 million fund | :01:59. | :02:00. | |
to deliver discretionary relief to target individual hard cases | :02:01. | :02:03. | |
No guarantees this business will qualify for help but a | :02:04. | :02:12. | |
I'm very confident the Government did take the measure to | :02:13. | :02:21. | |
help us, to understand what the small business needs. | :02:22. | :02:23. | |
Now it is down to the council to see what they can | :02:24. | :02:26. | |
If you're not a business owner and you are wondering | :02:27. | :02:30. | |
Well, at the moment, almost half of the many affected | :02:31. | :02:35. | |
goes to the local authority and that | :02:36. | :02:38. | |
cash is used to help fund services as diverse as the refuse | :02:39. | :02:41. | |
By 2020, buisness rates and council tax will provide the lion | :02:42. | :02:51. | |
share of council funding, and some fear that | :02:52. | :02:53. | |
It looks like by the end of the decade, nearly 80% of everything | :02:54. | :03:01. | |
that Leeds Council does will be adult and children's care. | :03:02. | :03:03. | |
That's a vital public service and we know our population | :03:04. | :03:05. | |
is changing, we know the need is there and we want to meet | :03:06. | :03:09. | |
To make businesses more successful, we need a better environment | :03:10. | :03:13. | |
and better infrastructure and business rates | :03:14. | :03:14. | |
The Government has promised to take another look at business rates but | :03:15. | :03:18. | |
it is clear that are choppy waters ahead. | :03:19. | :03:20. | |
Sandy Needham is the chief executive of the West | :03:21. | :03:22. | |
and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce. | :03:23. | :03:24. | |
She told me the reaction of businesses she'd spoken to today. | :03:25. | :03:28. | |
The topic of conversation for the last few weeks | :03:29. | :03:32. | |
has been about business rates because people have got their | :03:33. | :03:35. | |
A lot of concern about what a huge bill it is for many | :03:36. | :03:40. | |
companies and how unfair the system is. | :03:41. | :03:42. | |
So there is disappointment that there isn't an overall reform. | :03:43. | :03:44. | |
It is seen as an unfair tax on business, | :03:45. | :03:46. | |
and if you improve your own premises, you pay more. | :03:47. | :03:58. | |
Many people are saying, for instance in the retail | :03:59. | :04:04. | |
world, why do I pay a lot more for being on the high | :04:05. | :04:07. | |
street than somebody who | :04:08. | :04:09. | |
is doing online trading from a warehouse somewhere? | :04:10. | :04:14. | |
Do we want to invest in our towns and cities or not? | :04:15. | :04:17. | |
So a lot of disappointment about that. | :04:18. | :04:18. | |
Ultimately, it could change the look of the high street. | :04:19. | :04:21. | |
Each local authority is to receive ?100,000 | :04:22. | :04:23. | |
from the fund and they can then distribute that as | :04:24. | :04:25. | |
they see fit, to those who are facing rate hikes. | :04:26. | :04:27. | |
Do you think that is going to be enough? | :04:28. | :04:29. | |
I do not know and how is it going to work in one | :04:30. | :04:32. | |
local authority decides to do something for businesses of a | :04:33. | :04:38. | |
certain size or type and another one gives a different decision | :04:39. | :04:41. | |
I think there are people whose rates will be | :04:42. | :04:44. | |
going down from next year but it is a whole year. | :04:45. | :04:47. | |
So you do not want them to disappear off the high street or | :04:48. | :04:50. | |
from wherever they are premises are, while they are waiting for the | :04:51. | :04:53. | |
Maybe that money going to the local authorities could actually | :04:54. | :04:58. | |
Although, Leeds City Council say it is not going to be enough. | :04:59. | :05:07. | |
Like most things you get in the budget, you have to look | :05:08. | :05:13. | |
Very briefly, no mention of the Northern Powerhouse. | :05:14. | :05:16. | |
No, we are doing a lot of lobbying to | :05:17. | :05:19. | |
Transport for the North and had the secretary of state | :05:20. | :05:21. | |
Chris Grayling here in January and everyone admits | :05:22. | :05:23. | |
that the north has had underinvestment | :05:24. | :05:25. | |
want a commitment for road and rail for the north of England. | :05:26. | :05:29. | |
So people talk about the Northern Powerhouse | :05:30. | :05:31. | |
but let's see the reality and the investment. | :05:32. | :05:32. | |
Many women from Yorkshire were among thousands of protesters in London | :05:33. | :05:46. | |
today highlighting concerns over changes to the state pension scheme. | :05:47. | :05:49. | |
They want the Government to implement fairer arrangements | :05:50. | :05:54. | |
for women born in the 1950s who have had up to six years added | :05:55. | :05:58. | |
to their pension age with little notice. | :05:59. | :06:00. | |
The Department for Work and Pensions says the decision is a long-overdue | :06:01. | :06:02. | |
More and more women are becoming aware of it | :06:03. | :06:08. | |
because they were not aware of it | :06:09. | :06:09. | |
and they are joining the group and we are going to fight | :06:10. | :06:12. | |
My husband has also missed out on my pension on the money | :06:13. | :06:17. | |
It has affected everybody, our children and grandchildren, | :06:18. | :06:20. | |
because we can't look after them because we have to go to work - | :06:21. | :06:24. | |
Northern Rail has announced details of a reduced service next Monday, | :06:25. | :06:30. | |
The RMT union balloted for the strike over fears that | :06:31. | :06:34. | |
new trains planned for 2018 would no longer require conductors. | :06:35. | :06:38. | |
Northern Rail says it will run 40% of its usual timetable | :06:39. | :06:40. | |
Sheffield's Women of Steel statues have been dressed up in bishop's | :06:41. | :06:51. | |
robes and hats by protesters who are unhappy with the new Bishop | :06:52. | :06:54. | |
Bishop Philip North doesn't agree with the ordination of women, | :06:55. | :06:57. | |
The protest was timed to coincide with International Women's Day. | :06:58. | :07:11. | |
Leeds has officially launched its bid to be | :07:12. | :07:14. | |
the European Capital of Culture in 2023 by asking local businesses | :07:15. | :07:16. | |
The people behind the bid need to raise an extra ?500,000 | :07:17. | :07:20. | |
to help put the city on the map. | :07:21. | :07:22. | |
It's claimed, if successful, it would bring jobs and millions | :07:23. | :07:24. | |
Around 100 business people from west Yorkshire were at the Northern | :07:25. | :07:33. | |
Ballet studios in Leeds tonight to hear why | :07:34. | :07:35. | |
they should invest in the | :07:36. | :07:36. | |
city's bid to become European Capital of Culture in 2023. | :07:37. | :07:42. | |
They were told this is Leed's moment, and he once in a | :07:43. | :07:45. | |
lifetime opporunity to to put the city on the world stage. | :07:46. | :07:55. | |
Our mission tonight is to show every business in Leeds how | :07:56. | :07:58. | |
they can get involved and how having the capital of culture in Leeds | :07:59. | :08:02. | |
in 2023 will drive that economic growth and attract skilled workers | :08:03. | :08:04. | |
and attract the graduates that we have in our world-leading | :08:05. | :08:07. | |
universities to stay and to make their homes in Leeds. | :08:08. | :08:09. | |
Along the M62, Hull is already reaping the benefits of | :08:10. | :08:15. | |
Tourism is up 40%, and there's been ?80 | :08:16. | :08:19. | |
I am thankful that Hull have done what they have done | :08:20. | :08:25. | |
because it shows, although it is not European Capital of Culture, | :08:26. | :08:27. | |
it does give us the idea and the possibilities | :08:28. | :08:30. | |
to dream bigger and better. | :08:31. | :08:32. | |
Some of the big names in Leeds said they were encouraged by | :08:33. | :08:35. | |
what they had heard tonight and hope other businesses would get behind | :08:36. | :08:38. | |
We are a multicultural city, we like to welcome people | :08:39. | :08:45. | |
from right across, not just Europe, but the world. | :08:46. | :08:48. | |
We believe the increase in international tourism will encourage | :08:49. | :08:55. | |
more people to visit the city and what better way to do that, | :08:56. | :08:59. | |
Leeds will launch its bid in London in the coming weeks, | :09:00. | :09:03. | |
with Lord Melvyn Bragg and the Kaiser Chiefs taking part. | :09:04. | :09:05. | |
A final decision will be made in 2018. | :09:06. | :09:11. | |
Brilliant. Spring is on its way, isn't it? It was lovely this | :09:12. | :09:22. | |
afternoon and 13 Celsius. It looks like tomorrow there will be plenty | :09:23. | :09:27. | |
of sunshine. There is the spring like headline, although spoiled by | :09:28. | :09:31. | |
the strength of wind in the morning. A strong and dusty westerly wind. | :09:32. | :09:36. | |
Let's look at the pressure chart. You read of high pressure on | :09:37. | :09:43. | |
Thursday afternoon. This warm front brushing up the western side of the | :09:44. | :09:47. | |
country will produce more cloud and drizzle on Friday morning chiefly in | :09:48. | :09:52. | |
the west. It is fairly quiet out there at the moment. Cloud bringing | :09:53. | :09:58. | |
a few showers to Northern and western parts of Yorkshire will stop | :09:59. | :10:03. | |
elsewhere, dry and clear spells and frost free. Temperature is around | :10:04. | :10:09. | |
five Celsius. One or two showers otherwise a windy morning and plenty | :10:10. | :10:13. | |
of sunshine. The wind will ease through the afternoon and we will | :10:14. | :10:16. | |
see increasing amounts of sunshine. Lots of blue sky for tomorrow. | :10:17. | :10:23. | |
Temperatures of 11 or 12 Celsius. Above average for this time of the | :10:24. | :10:28. | |
year. Late Thursday afternoon, looking fine and sunny. Again, | :10:29. | :10:32. | |
fairly quiet as the head through Thursday night. That warm front I | :10:33. | :10:40. | |
mentioned, there it is. Patchy rain and drizzle but amounts will be | :10:41. | :10:46. | |
small. That will set us up for a cloudy day on Thursday. Dampness on | :10:47. | :10:52. | |
the west but not amounting to very much. The weekend, a lot of fine | :10:53. | :10:58. | |
weather. Patchy rain for a time but dry and bright weather. That is it | :10:59. | :11:00. | |
from outlook, staying mild and Nick has | :11:01. | :11:00. | |
the bigger picture across the UK. | :11:01. | :11:05. |