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EDM 2873 - ESTABLISHING A SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Session:
Date tabled: Thursday, 15 March 2012
Primary sponsor:Lloyd, Stephen
That this House calls on the Government to recognise the importance of small firms to economic prosperity and to support calls from the Federation of Small Businesses to establish a small business administration within Government to provide a dedicated, specific and independent advocate for small businesses' needs; and urges that this body should be the conduit for all Government decisions related to small business to ensure that the volume and complexity of decisions taken by Government departments would be clearly scrutinised by a dedicated small business unit to ensure that Government decisions and regulations would not be detrimental to the small and medium-size business sector.
Evesham Bridge is one of HM Treasury's priorities for West Midlands!
More information at the Treasury website
The Marches Local Enterprise Partnership
April/May 2012 Bulletin
Campaign to save pubs
The publication of the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee report on pubcos recognised the FSB's concerns that big pub companies are slowly destroying countless valued pubs through excessive rental demands and inflated wholesale beer prices.
The FSB has worked closely with CAMRA to achieve this result and is included in CAMRA's email campaign to MPs asking them to back the Committee's recommendations.
You can have your say by clicking on the link above and email your own MP today.
Budget Meetings
In the New Year, local authorities across England (including Police and Fire Authorities) are required to consult the business community about their proposed budgets for the following year. The reference point for England is Section 65 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992.
Councillors will always make themselves available to meet local businesses and this is your opportunity to raise issues which affect your business.
Download the PDF for more detail about the major issues affecting businesses – chose the question/s which directly applies to your business and either email, write, phone or meet your Councillor to find out how your local council will deal with the issue you raise.
Should you need any help please contact your local FSB office on 01386 750032.
Does Worcestershire need better Broadband?
Broadband is undoubtedly a necessary tool for most businesses today. However, some areas in Worcestershire suffer from slow speeds and in a few cases are still working on dial up! The Government is well aware of the situation and has appointed BDUK to work with local authorities across the country to find out what the current situation is and evaluate which areas are of priority.
BDUK is quite clear about the measure it will use to identify the areas which need Broadband the most – DEMAND!
Every business and domestic address in Worcestershire should register their demand so that the county becomes a high priority.
To register your demand visit the links below and complete the short survey – if you have a residence and a business premises please complete both surveys as home responses will outnumber business.
Business survey
Residents' survey
Red Tape Challenge
Your chance to have you say……
"Good regulation is a good thing. It protects consumers, employees and the environment, it helps build a more fair society and can even save lives. But over the years, regulations – and the inspections and bureaucracy that go with them – have piled up and up. This has hurt business, doing real damage to our economy. And it's done harm to our society too. When people are confronted by a raft of regulations whenever they try to volunteer or play a bigger part in their neighbourhood, they begin to think they shouldn't bother."
Cabinet Office 2011
Visit the website to have your say – today!
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High Speed 2 rail link between London and the West Midlands Consulation Document