Responding to the Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conference speech, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) National Chair Mike Cherry said: “The vision championed by the Prime Minister today does not match the current lived realities of small businesses and sole traders. For it …
Responding to the Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s speech at Conservative Party Conference, FSB National Chair Mike Cherry said: “Small firms and the self-employed are coming up against unprecedented strain with the cost of doing business rising ever higher, and they were hoping for more …
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Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) sets out measures to secure recovery and save taxpayer funds Calls come ahead of Conservative Party Conference and after Labour was seen to “throw down the gauntlet” with regards to pro-business policies and tax cuts to …
Today (30 September) sees the end of the furlough scheme, the scrapping of the small employer sick pay rebate, and the closure of the Apprenticeship Incentive FSB is concerned at an ‘autumn storm’: small businesses are facing numerous challenges as …
On the third Wednesday of the month between 9-11am, MYNetwork meets at Cafe Ollo in the Media Centre and is a great way to catch up with connections and making new ones in and around Huddersfield. It is an extremely …
Responding to the Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Conference Speech, as new Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) research indicates that 200,000 small firms would be removed from the business rates system if its reforms to business rates were taking forward by Labour as …
Responding to the Labour Party’s proposals to increase the ceiling for small business rates relief to a rateable value of £25,000, ahead of more fundamental reform, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) National Chair Mike Cherry said: “The Shadow Chancellor is right to …
Small firms give Labour plans for business rates reform a warm reception Read more »
A new report out today from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) shines a spotlight on the ongoing difficulties that small business exporters are facing from the Covid-19 pandemic and the UK’s exit from the EU. The report, Ready to Launch, …
Exporters need urgent support to reap benefits of new trade deals Read more »
Before 2020, BNI chapters only met in person, but the pandemic forced BNI to create an online model so their members could still meet weekly. While those Zoom meetings provided 80% of the BNI experience, BNI know the other 20% …
Responding to the announcement that the Government will introduce Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax Self-Assessment (ITSA) a year later than planned, in the tax year beginning April 2024, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) National Vice Chair Martin McTague said: “It’s very encouraging …
Millions of sole traders given “breathing room” thanks to fresh tax intervention Read more »