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The political parties have now all published their manifestos for June's general election - and some of them have also published separate manifestos for Wales.

So we can now have a fairly clear idea of what an election victory for any of the parties might mean for businesses. As you can imagine it's a pretty mixed picture, which each of them proclaiming themselves business friendly while balancing that against their other policy priorities.

We have taken a look at the various manifestos and analysed the key points of interest to businesses in Wales.

Conservatives

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The Conservatives have always liked to position themselves as the party for business, and certainly their low tax, low regulation philosophy is popular with many business people.

But while they are holding in this year's manifesto to their plans to balance the books by the mid 2020s, they also talk about "a strong economy that works for everyone", and there are commitments to making listed companies publish executive pay ratios and set up some form of employee representation at board level.

They are sticking to their already announced plans to cut corporation tax to 17% and increase the basic rate income tax personal allowance to £12,500 by 2020, with the higher rate rising to £50,000. They have also pledged to simplify the tax system.

Of course this year's election is heavily influenced by Brexit, and some of the policy proposals connected to it may be prove less popular with business. The plans to bring immigration down to the tens of thousands could cause problems for many employers, who will also not be happy with the doubling of the Immigration Skills Charge.

Those who export to EU markets will be worried about the reiteration that "no deal is better than a bad deal" in the Brexit negotiations, and while the Conservatives say they will pursue "a comprehensive free trade and customs agreement" with the EU, until those negotiations are concluded - probably at earliest in 2019 - there will continue to be uncertainty about export prospects, import prices and the economic impact of Brexit generally.

More encouraging is the commitment to an Industrial Strategy which is aimed at spreading wealth out of the prosperous south east of England, with more investment in R&D.

For Wales, the scrapping of Severn Crossing tolls will be welcome but there was disappointment that there was no mention of the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon.

Labour

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The Labour Party has the opposite problem to the Tories: with its socialist roots it has often been seen as hostile to business and Labour leaders have often worked hard to woo the business vote. This year, with its most leftwing leadership since the early 1980s, the party arguably has a particular problem on its hands.

Unsurprisingly there is much in the manifesto about making society fairer. Unlike the Conservatives, Labour have pledged no increase in income tax for those earning under £80,000, and no rises in NI contributions or VAT.

On the other hand the top 5% of earners will be asked to pay more in tax, and larger business will pay more in corporation tax, while the party will reintroduce the lower small profits rate of corporation tax to help small businesses.

The party has plans to boost spending on public services but insists that all its revenue spending is fully costed and it will eliminate the deficit on day-to-day spending within five years.

But it will take advantage of the historically low interest rates to fund infrastructure investment, planning to spend £250bn over 10 years.

Its industrial strategy is based on strengthening the regions with investment in skills, infrastructure, R&D, renewable energy and broadband.

Its plans to bring utilities back into public ownership may however cause some eyebrows to be raised. While undoubtedly popular with many voters, it's not clear quite how it will be done and what therefore the costs might be.

The manifesto says the rail companies will be brought back into public ownership as their franchises expire, which at least would spread out the cost.

The document talks about a transition to publicly owned, decentralised energy system and creating a network of regional publicly owned water companies.

On Wales, Labour says it is committed to tidal lagoons and will work to end tolls on the Severn Crossing.

Plaid Cymru

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As befits the Party of Wales, the focus of Plaid Cymru's manifesto is defending the Welsh economy and Welsh interests in the forthcoming Brexit negotiations, and from what it characterises as Westminster indifference generally.

It pledges to ensure that Wales can continue to buy and sell in Europe without costly trade barriers, and to make sure the current funding Wales receives from the EU is replaced 100% by the Westminster government.

It wants targeted tax discounts for Welsh businesses, and will press for the power to set rates for corporation tax, air passenger duty and VAT to all be devolved to Wales.

Small businesses will welcome the pledge to replace the business rates system with one based on turnover, and to make sure there is a "properly funded" Welsh Development Bank.

The party says it would set up a £7.5bn investment programme to fund vital infrastructure projects in Wales, and press for Wales to get a "fair share" of UK infrastructure spend.

It has words for Wales' steel sector, saying it will demand "stringent anti-dumping measures" and a comprehensive plan to secure the industry's future.

It outbids the other major parties on tidal lagoons. pledging to deliver not just the Swansea Bay one but those at Cardiff and Colwyn Bay as well, and to create a Welsh energy company to use the profit from Welsh resources to cut costs for Welsh consumers.

On migration it says it would create a Welsh Migration Advisory Service to make sure any system suits Welsh needs.

Liberal Democrats

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Unusually for a party facing an election the Liberal Democrats are not making a pitch for government but to become the official opposition, claiming they will do a better job of it than Labour.

It pledges to eliminate the deficit on day-to-day spending by 2020 but like Labour will use the low interest rates to fund a £100bn infrastructure investment programme, including building 300,000 homes a year, investment in rail electrification and renewable energy and installation of hyperfast broadband.

Lib Dem plans anticipate a healthier economy as a result of avoiding a hard Brexit. They want Britain to stay within the Single Market and customs union and preserve freedom of movement.

Their spending plans require a 1p rise income tax and dividend taxation, and they would also restore corporation tax to 20%, and reverse the cuts in capital gains tax, capital gains tax relief, the marriage allowance and the raising of the inheritance tax threshold.

They would create a new start-up allowance to help new businesses, create more catapult innovation centres and develop a national skills strategy for key sectors.

They would give an immediate go ahead to the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon.

Greens

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The Greens present the most radical manifesto which it's fair to say some in the business community will look askance at. They're strong on ending poverty and inequality, with proposals to move towards a universal basic income and phase in a four-day working week.

They would introduce a wealth tax on the top 1% of earners and reinstate the higher level of corporation tax for larger businesses. They also propose a Robin Hood tax on high value transactions in the financial sector, and a phased in abolition of the cap on employees' national insurance so the wealthiest pay more.

They would support start ups through community credit and "green investment".

They are committed to protecting freedom of movement and would press to stay in the Single Market.

On transport, they would return the railways to public ownership and cancel all airport expansion.

And they would seek to replace fracking and subsidies to fossil fuels and nuclear power with more renewable energy.

UKIP

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UKIP was the last of the parties to publish its manifesto and as you'd expect they lead off with a robust set of demands on Brexit. They include withdrawal from the Single Market and customs union and full control over immigration.

The party would force employers to advertise jobs to British citizens before offering them overseas. It would aim to reduce net migration to zero within five years, place a moratorium on unskilled and low-skilled immigration for five years and introduce an Australian-style points based system.

It positions itself as a low tax party, pledging to raising the basic rate personal allowance to £13,500 and the 40% income tax threshold to £55,000.

The windfall from import tariffs if Britain leaves the EU without a trade agreement and trades under WTO rules could be used to fund an across the board VAT cut to help consumers, the party says.

On Wales, the party says the Barnett Formula should be replaced with a needs-based alternative.

But it's not good news for the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon: the party is committed to boosting fracking and fossil fuels and reducing subsidies for renewables.