Nex tax break 'to create 700 jobs'

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%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%More than 700 new jobs are expected to be created following the announcement of a new tax allowance aimed at boosting investment in the North Sea oil and gas sector, the UK Treasury said.

Chancellor George Osborne confirmed during his Budget statement on Wednesday that a new allowance would be introduced for the region's most challenging high pressure, high temperature (HPHT) fields.

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