SME Business News

The FSB has discovered that 48 per cent of business sectors have seen a rise in the level of flat rate VAT they pay
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has discovered that the flat rate VAT charged by HMRC to the smallest of businesses has risen to a higher level and the FSB has urged [...]

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John Wright, FSB National Chairman  comments:
“As the country goes to the polls next year, unemployment and public debt will still be high. An incoming government – of whatever hue – will be placed in an awkward position; it will be forced to make some tough decisions to steer a steady course through very choppy waters [...]

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The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has called for the resignation of the Government’s Enterprise Tsar, Lord Alan Sugar
Following a meeting of the FSB’s National Council this afternoon (Wednesday, 4 November) in central London, the ruling body of the organisation was unanimous in its agreement that Lord Sugar’s position was no longer tenable.
Responding to a [...]

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The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is challenging what it calls “a potential monopoly of power being built up by high street banks over small firms seeking finance”, two years after the credit crunch started.
The FSB is warning that bank mergers, recapitalisation and schemes targeted at the big banks to stimulate lending as a result [...]

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Small firms experiencing a tentative recovery, FSB statistics reveal
Ten months of FSB data shows small firms are beginning to enjoy an improved outlook
Small businesses which were hit hard by the worst of the credit crunch and the recession nearly a year ago are starting to experience a tentative recovery, according to analysis by the Federation [...]

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FSB welcomes appointment of Sir Alan Sugar as Enterprise Champion
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is celebrating victory with the Government’s introduction of an Enterprise Champion – in the form of respected businessman Sir Alan Sugar.
The FSB has been campaigning for a corporate mediator to act as a go-between for high street banks and small [...]

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The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is urging prospective councillors to put small businesses at the heart of their campaigns and remember they play a vital role in fighting the recession.
Launching its Local Government Manifesto, the FSB is calling on council candidates to focus on small businesses - which employ just over half of the [...]

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The FSB is calling for the Government to put in place a corporate mediator to re-establish trust between banks and businesses during the recession. This shows just how great the impasse between businesses and banks has become and how precarious the situation is for the Owner Managed Business dependent on the banks for support.
It is [...]

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Small businesses lose up to £800 a year to cyber-crime, according to a survey by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), which is calling for more action to tackle online crime.
More than half (54 per cent) of businesses reported being a victim of crime in the last twelve months – 37 per cent having problems [...]

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UK Bank representatives were set to get a grilling today at the Small Business Finance Forum, not just from the government, whose pleading is clearly falling on deaf ears, but also from representatives of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).
The FSB has been monitoring the banks behaviour, through its network of small business members, since the [...]

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