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Usually, around this time of the year, much of the public and business discourse still centres around the budget and the Finance Bill which, in accordance with the normal rules, was published last Thursday.
If tax was the focus in previous years, it is the benefits provided via the budget announcements outlined within the Finance Bill, which are focusing minds now.
