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Small businesses must be recognised for their role as skills trainers

21 November 2008 (PR/2008/82) [31]

Small businesses that offer on-the-job training are contributing to a skilled workforce, but are going totally unrecognised, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) warned.

Small businesses urged to sign up as school governors

19 November 2008 (PR/2008/81) [142]

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and national charity School Governors’ One Stop Shop (SGOSS) will today mark Enterprise Week by entering into a Memorandum of Understanding to encourage more small employers and their employees to become school governors.

Small business champions to be announced at national ceremony

18 November 2008 (PR/ 2008/80) [173]

Six small businesses around the UK are national finalists in the British Small Business Champions (BSBC) Awards 2008, run by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

FSB: Government must cut tax and provide new funds for small firms in the Pre-Budget Report

17 November 2008 (PR/ 2008/79) [485]

The Government must announce a new £1 billion fund for small firms in the Pre-Budget Report, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) said today.

Use the internet to increase sales during the downturn, says the FSB

14 November 2008 (PR/2008/78) [403]

Nearly half of small businesses that use the internet to advertise their firm increase turnover by one fifth, according to new figures released by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

Post Office Card Account announcement good news for small business

(PR 2008 77) [225]

The capital Keeps Trade Local

(PR/2008/76) [285]

FSB survey names banks as one of the biggest growth barriers for small businesses

(PR/2008/75) [391]

Federation of Small Businesses responds to interest rate cut

(PR/2008/74) [446]

FSB appoints a small business professor to help small firms lift the UK economy out of a downturn

(PR/2008/73) [576]

FSB calls for interest rate cut

(PR/2008/71) [613]

FSB tells Government committee: Banks and big business must act now to save small businesses

(PR/2008/72) [578]

FSB calls for banks to ensure EIB funds reach small businesses

(PR/2008/69) [584]

FSB: Give small businesses a slice of £4billion now

(PR/2008/70) [553]

FSB launches new financial helpline for small businesses

(PR/2008/67) [1508]

FSB proposes a new £1billion Small Business Survival Fund to save the UK economy

(PR/2008/66) [1433]

FSB: Government package is along the right lines

(PR/2008/65) [1420]

FSB welcomes all party support for small businesses

(PR/2008/64) [1510]

Awarding more government contracts to SMEs would help economy - FSB

(PR/2008/63) [1641]

FSB: Small businesses must be recognised in bank rescue package

(PR/2008/61) [2230]

FSB reaction to interest rate cut

(PR/2008/62) [1898]

Credit crunch biting small businesses

(PR/2008/60) [2502]

Lights go out for energywatch

(PR/2008/59) [2284]

Regulation volumes too high, FSB warns

(PR/2008/58) [2146]

FSB calls time on beer ties

(PR/2008/57) [2273]

FSB: Stop driving small businesses out of town centres

(PR/2008/56) [2824]

Prime Minister urged to adopt key small business measures

(PR/2008/55) [2706]

Spotlight on small business at party conference

(PR/2008/54) [3011]

Happiest employees work for small businesses

(PR/2008/53) [3790]

FSB launches Keep Trade Local tour

(PR/2008/52) [4304]

FSB urges government to reduce red tape on training

(PR/2008/51) [4679]

FSB hails youngest member’s GCSE success

(PR/2008/50) [4848]

FSB calls for equal marks for diplomas and A Levels

(PR/2008/49) [5336]

FSB calls for more support on public sector contracts

(PR/2008/48) [7301]

FSB calls for more support for apprenticeships so employers can say “You’re Hired”

(PR/2008/47) [8276]

FSB calls for action over rising energy and fuel costs

(PR/2008/46) [6420]

Small businesses back restaurant tipping legislation

(PR 2008 45) [8346]

FSB welcomes energy report and calls for fairer pricing for small business owners

(PR/2008/44) [8070]

FSB and ASC Finance for Business release five top tips to beat the credit crunch

(PR/2008/43) [8313]

FSB accuses big firms of abusing small businesses trust

(PR 2008 42) [8692]

Demise of energy champion leaves businesses with nowhere to turn

(PR 2008 41) [9821]

FSB launches plan for local business survival

(PR 2008 40) [9752]

VAT cuts would show support for the high street

(PR 2008 39) [9444]

FSB urges government to maintain business growth scheme

(PR 2008 38) [9687]

Small business growth could offer a way out of EUs economic malaise

(PR 2008 37) [10004]

Small businesses blame government inaction over rising costs

(PR 2008 36) [10053]

Government must do more to recognise on-the-job training

(PR 2008 35) [9950]

Official: record fuel costs hit jobs and growth

(PR 2008 34) [9874]

Dont take us back to the 1970s, FSB warns

(PR 2008 32) [9376]

EU employment deal: Ministers pop corks whilst small businesses drown their sorrows

(PR 2008 33) [8785]

Small businesses show resilience in face of credit crunch

(PR 2008 31) [10061]

Agency workers deal disastrous for small businesses, warns FSB

(PR 2008 30) [10769]

FSB calls for Chancellor to share oil tax windfall

(PR 2008 29) [9310]

Employment announcement could prove a nightmare for small firms

(PR 2008 28) [9568]

Work experience under threat, warns FSB

(PR 2008 27) [8325]

Adam Hart-Davis joins FSBs Keep Trade Local Campaign

(PR 2008 26) [7335]

Grocery sector inquiry is a failure, says FSB

(PR 2008 25) [8251]

FSB calls for town centre parking rethink

(PR 2008 24) [8946]

FSB urges local authorities to protect their communities

(PR 2008 22) [10137]

Government ignores its own rules on better regulation

(PR 2008 21) [10103]

Post Office closures will hit local communities, says FSB

(PR 2008 19) [9575]

FSB urges Minister to avert nursery school crisis

(PR 2008 20) [8819]

FSB Chairman wants to Keep Trade Local

(PR 18 2008) [9959]

FSB welcomes Budget speech with no nasty surprises

(PR 2008 17) [9748]

Government loses trust of small businesses

(PR 2008 16) [9320]

FSB satisfied with in-line inflation move in National Minimum Wage

(PR 2008 15) [9667]

Small business owners are not immigration officers, says FSB

(PR 2008 14) [9185]

Fuel costs affect us all, says FSB

(PR 2008 13) [8932]

FSB calls for Peers to save small retailers

(PR 2008 12) [9601]

FSB asks Government to lay off small firms

(PR 2008 11) [9374]

Competition Commission tinkering will not work, says FSB

(PR 2008 10) [8818]

FSB Conference 2008 attracts big speakers

(PR 2008 09) [8980]

FSB urges integrity of Camden Market re-development

(PR 2008 08) [8876]

FSB welcomes revisions to capital gains tax plans

(PR 2008 07) [11917]

FSB help available for flood-stricken small businesses

(2008 PR 06) [9702]

FSB urges MPs to consider business view in EU Treaty

(2008 PR 05) [9962]

FSB welcomes TfLs stance on Low Emission Zone

(PR 2008 04) [9951]

FSB launches Every Crime Every Time Campaign

(PR 2008 03) [8602]

FSB welcomes procurement website for small businesses

(PR 2008 02) [7940]

Small businesses vote for referendum on EU Treaty

(PR 2008 01) [9140]

Environmental awareness and social reponsibility: top small business priorities for 2008

(PR 2007 94) [8807]

Competition Commission and banks deaf and dumb to small businesses

(2007 PR 93) [8890]

Governments free places threatening to send nurseries under

(PR 2007 92) [8442]

FSB polls its members on EU Treaty

(2007 PR 91) [7186]

Capital gains tax uncertainty continues for small businesses

(PR 2007 90) [8044]

FSB welcomes BERR simplification efforts

(PR 2007 89) [7602]

FSB warns shoppers that small shops may not be around next Christmas

(PR 2007 88) [7542]

FSB calls in former Treasury expert for CGT proposals

(PR 2007 87) [7702]

TfL’s Press Office is a Low Emission Zone, says business

(PR 2007 86) [8063]

FSB backs local banking campaign

(PR 2007 85) [8576]

FSB welcomes Treasury Select Committee comments on CGT

(PR 2007 84) [8179]