Welcome to the Essex pages of the FSB web site.
We have around 3500 members in the region and hope you will join us if you are not already a member.
Essex Region Annual Report
Here is the Annual report for the year Oct 2007 - Sept 2008
Keep Trade Local
The House of Commons All Party Small Shops Group estimates that there will be no independent shops by 2015.
This equates to the closure of over 50,000 small businesses and a massive knock-on effect for other small businesses in the local community.
Over 25 percent of FSB members operate in the retail sector.
We urge you to sign the FSB's Downing Street petition to secure the future of small shops across the UK and safeguard the choice and competition that people expect in the market place.
Click here for link to petition site
For a copy of the FSB Keep Trade Local click here
Olympics 2012 starts in Essex
The 2012 Olympics have started in a few of Essex Boroughs.
Flags were raised in Brentwood, Colchester and Castle Point to promote
the London Olympics.
Click here for information on business opportunities open for our Essex companies
Picture shows raising the Olympic Flag outside the offices of Castle Point Borough Council.
How much does your council spend locally?
Click here for the league tables of Essex councils, plus Havering & Redbridge.
Click here to read what the FSB Essex has said about the figures.
A12 Inquiry, here's the business view
To those who took part in our survey or to anyone who wants to find out what the business community feels should be taken into account at the inquiry, please download the FSB submission.
Click here