Top UK execs join fight against APD
Around 250 top UK executives have signed a petition asking the Government to rethink APD levels.
The CEOs, managing directors and board members of some of the UK’s biggest companies claim the controversial air tax is a "significant additional burden" on British businesses.
Supporters of the campaign include Heathrow Airport Holdings CEO Colin Matthews, Virgin CEO Craig Kreeger, British Airways chief executive Keith Williams and chief executive of the Scottish Chambers of Commerce, Liz Cameron.
Darren Caplan, chief executive of the Airport Operators Association, said: "It is fantastic to see the breadth of support the campaign has so far attracted.
"With hundreds of businesses signed up, and over 50 Chambers of Commerce and Business Associations representing many thousands more, it has become evident that support is not limited to the aviation and tourism sectors.
"More than half of the petition’s signatories comes from industries that you would not immediately associate the effects of APD with, which I hope will demonstrate to the Chancellor the gravity of the economic situation caused by the tax."
Last year 200,000 people wrote to their local MP calling for a Treasury economic review of APD.
Over 100 MPs have now joined the calls for a Treasury review and a report published by the influential Transport Select Committee in May this year also urged the Treasury to review the macro-economic impact of APD.
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