Is the Freeport hype just a bit too good to be true?
5 Feb 2021
Today is the deadline for organisations to submit bids to the Government's Freeport scheme.
Freeports allow businesses with a specific area to operate with no or low tax and with weaker environmental, labour and planning rules.
The plans by the West of England Mayor to bring a Free Port to Bristol raise a lot of questions and Cllr Patrick Keating has written a piece for Bristol 24/7 setting out his concerns: https://www.bristol247.com/.../as-it-stands-the-bristol.../