Some of our recent successful events:
Meeting with Ed Miliband - March 2011
With the Leader of the Opposition giving the keynote speech at the
2011 FSB Conference, he was keen to hear first-hand from some London FSB
members about the key issues facing small businesses. Eight members met
him in a private meeting at his office in the House Of Commons and
discussed a range of issues from red tape and employment law to
apprenticeships and business rates.
"Ed Miliband and his team clearly want to get a good understanding of
the key issues for the small business community. We will continue to
work to ensure that Labour and every other party recognises the scale of
the problems and the size of the small business vote. We want
politicians to know that they ignore small businesses at their political
peril," said London's Senior Development Manager Nick Winch.
Member Dinner with the Mayor of London
We recently welcomed the Mayor of London,
Boris Johnson, to a Member dinner held in London's Living Room at City
Hall on 21 February 2011. The Mayor spoke to our members on issues which
included the London's economy, the 2012 Games and the importance of
small businesses to London's economic environment.
Over 100 of our London members attended. You can see photos from the event here, and watch the video:
We
look forward to working with the Mayor and his City Hall team to
represent the views of you, our members and the small business community
of London, throughout 2011 and into 2012 - the Olympic year.
Networking with Metro Bank
On Wednesday 6 April the Central London Branch held a networking event at the
Southampton Row Branch of Metro Bank.
At the event, which was attended by over 40 of our members from both the Central London and other London branches, Metro Bank kindly donated a bottle of champage which was the prize for business card draw.
The delighted winner was Ghow Ratnarajah of Braille Translations, pictured here with Paul Marriott-Clarke, MD Retail Banking, Metro Bank.
Thank you to all our members who attended and made the evening such a succesful event.
Annual Regional Dinner with Dr. Vince Cable, MP
On November 3, 2010 we were joined at our regional annual dinner by Dr Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills.
Watch the video of the event:
Small Business is Big Business - The Mayor of London's Small Business Question Time
On 24 May, the Mayor of London hosted the Small Business is Big Business Question Time at the Mermaid Theatre in Central London.
Mayor Johnson, was joined by Sue Terpilowski, chairman of the London Policy Unit to answer questions from the audience. The other panelists included Colin Stanbridge, Chief Executive of the London Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Tim Campbell, Founder and CEO Bright Ideas Trust, & Anthony Browne, Mayor's Policy Director for Economic Development.
The panel responded to a number of questions which covered topics including, the Olympics, the Congestion Charge and the Western Extension Zone, Climate Change and the Environment, Crossrail and funding for start ups.
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson answers questions,
joined by Sue Terpilowski, Colin Stanbridge and Tim Campbell.