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Local media introductions: be THE Budget expert in your area

ended 19. November 2025

All local and regional news media will be looking for Budget reaction and comments from local experts and business owners in the run-up to, and after, the Chancellor’s speech on 26th November.

If you’d like Newspage to introduce you as a commentator to the journalists in your area — online, print and broadcast (radio and TV) — we’ll do that. 

At Newspage, we have a database of every journalist in every town and city in the UK and can target all the key media in your area.

We’ll put “Local business owner, NAME of COMPANY NAME, available for Budget reaction” in the subject field.

In the body of the email, we’ll give them an overview of your business and a breakdown of your key areas of expertise.

We’ll also link to your Newspage so they can contact you directly to source views and reaction. We’ll forward you the email once we’ve sent it our end.

The cost is a one-off fee of £25+VAT. You can pay that >> here <<.

Please then respond to this alert with a comment on what you believe the Chancellor should — or should categorically NOT — announce in her speech and we’ll suggest it as a comment piece and interview in the body of the email.

3 responses from the Newspage community

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Samuel Mather-Holgate
Managing Director & IFA at Mather and Murray Financial
With the Budget a week today, the Chancellor and PM are still doing the hokey cokey. A rise in income tax is on the table one minute and off the next. Currently, they are scrambling around for other tax rises. If the Government wants to create a recession, then taxing business further would be the way to go. Britain's businesses have been hammered harder than ever over the past year and more outgoings would mean even fewer jobs, at a time when unemployment has already hit 5%. They could consider property taxes, but setting the level at which the rich pay more will be controversial. Surely one of their manifesto commitments will have to be broken, but choosing which one will be difficult.
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Simon Thomas
Managing Director and Chartered Accountant at Ridgefield Consulting
“Tax rises are likely in the next Budget, but Labour must avoid placing further strain on businesses. Employers are still managing the impact of last year’s National Insurance increase and the ongoing burden of high business rates. Additional measures, such as cuts to the dividend allowance or aligning Capital Gains Tax with income tax, would risk discouraging entrepreneurship and investment just as businesses need stability to grow. Instead, the focus should be on fairer business rates and policies that reward innovation, risk-taking and long-term growth. Supporting entrepreneurs and small business owners, rather than penalising them, is the surest way to strengthen the economy and foster sustainable recovery.
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Lauren Wright
Spokesperson at Ridgefield Consulting
“Tax rises are likely in the next Budget, but Labour must avoid placing further strain on businesses. Employers are still managing the impact of last year’s National Insurance increase and the ongoing burden of high business rates. Additional measures, such as cuts to the dividend allowance or aligning Capital Gains Tax with income tax, would risk discouraging entrepreneurship and investment just as businesses need stability to grow. Instead, the focus should be on fairer business rates and policies that reward innovation, risk-taking, and long-term growth. Supporting entrepreneurs and small business owners, rather than penalising them, is the surest way to strengthen the economy and foster sustainable recovery.”