00:00So what makes a thriving town centre? Well in my view it's business. It's the
00:04shops, it's the restaurants, it's the cafes, it's the retailers that really make
00:07the area and we've got two developments in our area. Brightwells in Farnham where
00:11I've been having a long discussion with the councils about how to make that
00:14better and the new town centre in Borden where Sainsbury's are going to break
00:19ground this week. Really exciting work but the only way we're going to make
00:23them thrive and be successful is if national government supports them. Now
00:28I've raised this issue with the Business Secretary last week and the
00:32problem is Labour are putting taxes on businesses that's national insurance
00:35that's the increase in minimum wage and other local taxes that just hinder
00:41business. So what I'm saying to the government is we need to reduce the taxes
00:46on business we need to give them the opportunity to thrive not just the ones
00:49that are already in our town centres but all those entrepreneurs out there who
00:53want to start small businesses who want to thrive in our communities because that
00:57is the only way that our town centres are going to survive and thrive in the future.
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