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Nearly Half UK Firms Want CRC Scheme Scrapped
April 3rd, 2011
The government is facing more calls from UK businesses to scrap the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme (otherwise known as CRC), which the industry now views as just another tax.
This is according to new research from electricity provider npower, which surveyed 70 people responsible for energy management in their organisations last month. That survey follows hot on the heels of the business group CBI, which last week demanded that rebates should be restored to the CRC, or the scheme scrapped altogether.
The npower survey of UK businesses found that not only do companies wish the CRC to be ditched, but also more than a quarter (29 percent) do not think the CRC will help the UK meet its carbon reduction targets, which was one of its main aims.
Stealth Tax
It seems that the government’s decision to change key parts of the CRC, as part of its Comprehensive Spending Review last October, have not gone unnoticed by businesses. T
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