Helping smaller businesses achieve their ambitions
Solutions for your business
FSB service partners deliver products and services built from the ground-up to help you spend more time focusing on running your business. From legal advice to business banking, we’ve got you covered.
(Pictured - FSB Member Maggie Ogunbanwo - Maggie's Exotic Foods)
Source trusted suppliers
Whether you are looking to take a payment, recover a debt or find funding to grow your business we can help provide a solution. Our bargaining power means that we can negotiate a better deal through either an exclusive deal or preferential rates.
(Pictured - FSB Member Stefano Cuomo - Macknade Fine Foods Ltd)
Keep you updated
Our award-winning quarterly magazine and website First Voice features relevant articles, guides and the legal updates to keep you abreast of the small business news.
(Pictured - FSB Member Jemma Fairclough-Haynes - Orchard Employment Law)
Build your skills
Learn new skills through partners such as Facebook and Google to help build your Business. Watch free on-demand webinars at a time that suits you or attend our masterclasses in person with early access and discounts for FSB members.
(Pictured - FSB Member Sue Tonks - HydroVeg Kits)
Grow your support network
Meet other members near you at one of our regular local networking events and link in with FSB volunteers and staff.
(Pictured - FSB Connect Networking - South East Region)
Provide the answers
When you have a question, it can be hard to find an answer you can trust. FSB members can find answers when they need them with our online legal hub. With thousands of free to download templates and documents, we’ve got you covered from accident reporting to zero-hour contracts.
(Pictured - FSB Member Denis Pinto - Caledonian Flow Systems Ltd)
Listen to you
With over 5 million small businesses in the UK, your voice needs to be heard. Our collective voice allows us to interact with local MPs and governments on a scale not possible for individual members or groups to achieve alone. Together, we are stronger.
(Pictured - FSB Member Peter Whelan - Infonote Datasystems Ltd)
Be part of something bigger
You might be self-employed but that doesn’t mean going it alone. Our members run small businesses across all sectors but all have faced the same issues. Share your experiences on social media with other members and find out how others have overcome them.
(Pictured - FSB Members Michael and Anita Brakewell - Blackpool Model Village)
Create local change
Our field staff live and work across every region and area of the UK providing local knowledge and support. Along with a group of engaged local volunteers, make your voice heard and help make change happen for you and your business community.
(Pictured - FSB Member Kerry Smith - The Warehouse Health Club)
Proudly not-for-profit
We’ve been proudly not-for-profit and member led since 1974. We have no shareholders and all of our income from member subscriptions goes back into making our services and voice the best they can be.
(Pictured - FSB members Matthew Wray and Emma Steed - Nature's Pantry)
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.@LaylaMoran flagging #SBI2021 findings with @hmtreasury👉 bit.ly/2M9p75s Gov "flexible approach" should include: ➡️Uprated cash grants ➡️£3,000 transition vouchers ➡️Support for forgotten groups ➡️Cut to Employer NICs ➡️Keeping promise to steer clear of tax rises
“These figures are a stark reminder of the jobs challenge we face... they don’t truly reflect the mountain we have to climb." Full @emeliaquist reaction: bit.ly/2Ny4BMh twitter.com/ONS/status/135…
“Many have now found themselves on the brink of collapse, and these exceptionally hard times are set to continue." @MikeCherryFSB, discusses the findings of @fsb_policy latest Small Business Index in @business: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Good to see @HMRCgovuk providing some breathing space after such a difficult year. The new February deadline will need to be kept under very close review. twitter.com/HMRCgovuk/stat…

📺 Changes have been announced to the Kickstart scheme, @craigie_b spoke to @KatyAustinNews about what the delayed changes mean for the scheme.
Changes to Kickstart are better late than never, it's imperative that the government focuses immediately on unsticking the blockages stopping young people starting placements with those small businesses already in the system. bbc.co.uk/news/business-…