{"id":897437,"date":"2026-04-16T06:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T06:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/897437\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T06:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T06:54:10","slug":"smmt-statement-on-british-industry-competitiveness-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/897437\/","title":{"rendered":"SMMT statement on British Industry Competitiveness Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SMMT statement on British Industry Competitiveness Scheme<\/p>\n<p>The final design of the British Industry Competitiveness Scheme (BICS)\u00a0is a major win for Britain\u2019s automotive manufacturers, promising to drive down industrial energy costs and boost competitiveness.<\/p>\n<p>This decisive first step answers our longstanding calls for energy support that reaches the whole of the automotive manufacturing supply chain and recognises the sector\u2019s critical contribution to the UK economy.<\/p>\n<p>It sends a clear and immediate signal that we are open for business and a prime destination for investment.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Hawes, SMMT Chief Executive<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SMMT statement on British Industry Competitiveness Scheme The final design of the British Industry Competitiveness Scheme (BICS)\u00a0is a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":897438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5018,3,4],"tags":[748,393,4884,1144,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-897437","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-britain","8":"category-uk","9":"category-united-kingdom","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-northern-ireland","14":"tag-scotland","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116413076687403056","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=897437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/897438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=897437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=897437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=897437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}