Manufacturing trade body Make UK is calling for an emergency, pre-recess package of business support measures. The call comes after a Make UK survey showed growth and orders slowing significantly with exports close to a standstill. Make UK has made recommendations for measures the government can introduce now to address rising business costs, including: waiving or reducing business rates for the next 12 months implementing VAT deferrals for larger businesses and waiving completely for SMEs temporarily freezing the Climate Change Levy reviewing the efficacy of the business interruption loan schemes introduced during the pandemic and deploying a successor scheme extending the 130% super-deduction tax break, due to end in March 2023 making the increase in the Annual Investment Allowance (AIA) permanent. Stephen Phipson, chief executive of Make UK, said: 'Whilst industry has recovered strongly over the last year we are clearly heading for very stormy waters in the face of eyewatering costs and a difficult international environment. This threatens to shatter expectations of a sustained recovery from the pandemic.' Internet link: Make UK website