Small Business Kent and Medway - Federation of Small Businesses - FSB

The FSB is the voice of small business promoting and protecting the interests of the self-employed, and people who own or run a small business, lobbying government and key decision makers on their behalf.

Welcome to the home page of the FSB for the Kent & Medway Region, now supporting and acting on behalf of over 6,500 members across 5 branches.

FSB KENT SMALL BUSINESS BAROMETER - October 2011

Every six months for the past five years the FSB has produced a Barometer to show performance trends for small businesses in the county.

Headline results Performance trends 2007 - 2011

DARTFORD CROSSING TOLLS

Last year 56% of FSB members responding to a survey of the Dartford Crossing Tolls said they should be scrapped because the construction costs and on-going maintainence costs had been recovered.

Make your views known in the on-line petition

Championing the UK's Real-Life Entrepreneurs

Members and their guests were informed and entertained by Mike Southon at Salomons on Wednesday 02 November. Mike provided ideas, tips and guidance on how to survive and thrive in business today drawing on his own experiences and those of his mentors. A summary of his presentation including articles originally published in the Financial times are availabe to read.

Be a Champion for Real-Life Entrepreneurs - Sign up and send a copy to FSB

FSB & Other Business Events

For more information on FSB events and other events that are being held in our region, supporting and assisting Small Business and the Self-Employed, please visit our dedicated events page for details, dates and times.

Plan ahead for the Olympics

The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is a great opportunitiy for businesses of all sizes across to UK and you may already be planning so that your business may take full advantage of it.

As we get nearer to Games time many businesses are gearing up for the Games and seeing their levels of preparedness as a competitive advantage.

SEE HOW YOUR BUSINESS MIGHT BE AFFECTED

Not currently an FSB member?

Here's a little bit of what we are about and what we do... The FSB is the largest campaigning pressure group promoting and protecting the interests of the self-employed and owners of small firms. Formed in 1974, it now has over 213,000 members across 33 regions and 194 branches. Find out more information on membership from the dedicated pages.

So you want to become an FSB member!

Nice move... The FSB offers assistance and support 24 hours a day, while its lobbying arm - led by the Westminster Press and Parliamentary office - applies pressure on MPs, Government and Whitehall, lobbies politicians in their constituencies and puts the FSB viewpoint over to the media. Just fill out the application form to get started.