cbi chief warns against increase of business taxe -- pcbi director general tony danker has called for a halt to business taxe rises or the government will risk curtailing investmentp cbi director general tony danker has called for a halt to business taxe rises or the government will risk curtailing investment -- the government should stop increasing taxe on businesses and jobs as it risks derailing the economye s recovery from the pandemic the head -- tony danker director general of the cbi will call on the government to rethink the taxe burden it is placing on businesses or face a “selfdefeating” halt to investment in the uk -- share to tackle the debts of covid” his speech will note “that is why many business leaders accepted the jawdropping sixpoint corporate taxe increase announced in march but there is a real risk now that the government will keep turning to business taxe to carry the load -- to growth” mr danker is expected to say “ite s not raising business taxe too far has always been selfdefeating as it stymies further investment” -- instead the government should “flip” its approach and rather than taxe businesses more heavily it should reward those who choose to invest in -- government plans this will become a separate health and social care levy in future taxe years according to the think tank the institute for fiscal studies this will bring the uke s taxe take to its highestever sustained share of the economy -- salaries and the step has provoked a backlash among industry groups who believe the taxe hike is coming amid too many other pressures on employers in the wake of the pandemic and as the furlough scheme comes -- cbi chief warns against increase of business taxe cbi chief warns against increase of business taxe cbi director general tony danker has called for a halt to business taxe rises or the government will risk curtailing investment