Priti visits new business venture
Local MP Priti Patel, recently visited Claire’s Cabin café, located next to Tom’s Farm Shop on Maldon Road, Tiptree. Priti spoke with Claire and her team of staff at the venue to listen to Claire’s story and her plans for the business. Priti tucked in to a spot of lunch …
Priti backs business rates freeze
Witham MP Priti Patel has spoken in support of a freeze in business rates for small businesses. The multiplier, the inflation linked measure by which business rates increase each year, is being frozen for firms occupying premises with rateable values of less than £51,000. Priti spoke of the benefits to …
Priti visits growing business
MP for Witham Priti Patel visited local business Kings Seeds, based at Monk’s Farm just outside of Kelvedon, to discuss the issues they have been encountering with selling seeds direct to consumers in Northern Ireland. Kings Seeds is both well-known and respected with deep roots in the local community of …
Soapbox supercar superstars welcome local MP
Witham MP, Priti Patel, recently visited Tecniq in Witham, a local business which is an international enterprise which works with some of the best known luxury and high-performance names in the motor world. The business was originally established as Automotive Design Partnership by leading automotive engineer Nigel Lempriere in 1999. …
Supporting local shops on Small Business Saturday
Witham MP Priti Patel celebrated Small Business Saturday 2023 in her constituency by meeting with a number of local shopkeepers. Priti has always been a strong champion of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), which are responsible for providing around 80% of local jobs. She regularly visits local businesses and …
It’s time to support businesses and cut taxes
Earlier in the month Witham MP Priti Patel pressed Ministers to do more to support business, cut taxes and deregulate by cutting red tape. Doing this would allow businesses and individuals to keep more of the money they earn.
Visiting Wiltshire Farm Foods site in Witham
Priti Patel MP recently visited the Wiltshire Farm Foods site within her Witham constituency. Priti toured the site, which employs 17 people, to see the business operations which provides a valuable service through delivery of thousands of meals to the elderly. Wiltshire Farm Foods delivers its high-quality, award-winning prepared meals …
Witham MP calls on Government to make apprenticeship levy more flexible
Priti Patel, the Member of Parliament for the Witham constituency, has called on the Government to ensure that the apprenticeship levy is more agile and flexible, and supporting businesses to employ apprentices. During a visit to South East Galvanizers (part of the Wedge Group) based in her constituency, Priti …
Priti raises concerns about the Government’s Extended Producer Responsibility scheme
Priti Patel, the Member of Parliament for Witham, has called on the Government to reconsider their proposed regulations as part of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme, following representations from a number of local businesses. The Government is seeking to introduce the extended producer responsibility scheme as part of its …
Priti visits local construction equipment firm TCP Group in Maldon
The Member of Parliament for Witham, Priti Patel, has paid a visit to the Headquarters of the TCP Group on the Quayside Industrial Site in Maldon. TCP specialises in high quality plant hire, task lighting and compaction and is pioneering the use of hydrogen powered construction equipment, which it is …