THE CHAIRMAN of a technology forum in Milton Keynes has criticised government plans to introduce a 50p-per-month landline levy to fund investment in the national broadband network.

TAX PAYERS in Milton Keynes face a £2 billion increase in their bill as a result of yesterday’s Budget statement by Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling.

BUSINESSES and entrepreneurs will give a cautious welcome to the Budget announcement, according to tax experts at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in Milton Keynes.

SMALL firms in Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes have voiced their disappointment that the government is to proceed with its proposed increase in National insurance Contributions.

GLOBAL risk professionals say that the 2008 banking crisis could have been averted.