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M&S boss urges government to support business ahead of Budget
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Stuart Machin urged the chancellor to take the handcuffs off business, with M&S and John Lewis warning on business rates and warehouse tax ruled out.
How each outlet covered it
| Outlet | Headlines | Tone |
|---|---|---|
| This is Money Markets | 3 | −0.6 |
| Daily Mail | 2 | +1.3 |
| Sky News Business | 2 | −0.4 |
| The Independent | 2 | −3.2 |
| The Times | 1 | +0.5 |
| LBC | 1 | −2.5 |
| Great Driffield Radio | 1 | −2.5 |
| London Business News | 1 | −3.3 |
Day by day
Sunday 11 October 2026
Stuart Machin urged the chancellor to take the handcuffs off business, with M&S and John Lewis warning on business rates and warehouse tax ruled out.
- −3.3 M&S boss: 'The last two Budgets were a disaster for businesses'
M&S boss says past Budgets hurt businesses - −3.3 M&S chief urges Healey to ‘take handcuffs off business’ as ‘two budgets were a disaster’
M&S chief criticises budgets as disaster for business - −3.0 M&S boss tells Healey to ‘take the handcuffs off Britain’ weeks before Burnham’s first Budget
M&S boss criticises tax policy ahead of Budget - −2.5 M&S boss tells Healey: Take the handcuffs off business and get Britain growing
M&S boss attacks crushing tax policies before Budget - −2.5 Bosses of high street giants warn chancellor over business rates
Retail bosses including M&S warn over business rates - −2.5 M&S and John Lewis bosses warn Chancellor over business rates burden ahead of Budget
M&S and John Lewis warn over business rates - −2.5 M&S and John Lewis bosses warn chancellor over business rates ahead of budget
M&S boss warns chancellor on business rates burden - +1.7 Stuart Machin of M&S is not sparing Labour's blushes, says ALEX BRUMMER
Commentator highlights M&S boss's outspoken criticism of Labour - +1.7 Further taxes on warehouses ruled out ahead of budget after M&S and John Lewis issue warnings
Warehouse taxes ruled out after M&S warnings - +1.7 Chancellor John Healey 'rules out' warehouse tax in Budget after M&S boss's call for growth
M&S boss's call coincided with warehouse tax being ruled out - −0.8 M&S boss Stuart Machin: My six ways Healey can get Britain growing again
M&S boss sets out growth proposals for chancellor
Saturday 10 October 2026
The M&S boss calls on government for growth ahead of the Budget.
- +0.8 M&S boss tells Healey: Take the handcuffs off business and get Britain growing - as he savages Labour's 'crushing' tax policies just weeks ahead of first Burnham Budget
CEO lobbying government on tax; neutral for company. - +0.5 M&S boss: Budget must give UK hope after Rachel Reeves’s disasters
CEO comments on Budget, neutral for company.