When Andrea Reynolds arrived at 10 Downing Street to make a presentation to top British officials she was too caught up in the moment to see the historical symmetry.
Fuel cost increases are having a “crippling” effect on some freight trade companies, with emergency tax measures needed to ensure “certainty of service”, the Government has been told.
The mood among business people has changed so dramatically in the last couple of months it would make your head spin. Having come through Covid and the horrors of 2020 and 2021, executives and owner managers felt so buoyed at the beginning of the year that they were really looking forward to what lay ahead.