George Osborne delivered his 2016 Budget today and it contained some sizeable wins for small businesses. The Chancellor listened to FSB calls for the tax system to be made simpler for small businesses and the self-employed and taken important action on business rates. FSB members have campaigned hard to make Small Business Rates Relief permanent, and expand it so the news that it would be more than doubled permanently is a big win. The measures announced on business rates – the single biggest tax cut in today’s Budget - will also be viewed by small firms as a welcome and important step on the road to fundamental reform. Our full Budget response will be available as soon as possible - until then, here's our Policy Director Mike Cherry with his first impressions of the budget: See how FSB have campaigned on this issue Lobbying & Campaigning from FSB Find out more You may also like 24 April 2018 Join us tomorrow for our Childcare Twitter chat 20 April 2018 Weekly Brief 16 - Friday 20 April 2018 20 April 2018 Why I’m encouraging more ex-forces personnel to consider starting up a business, by Mike Cherry 02 April 2018 One year until Brexit – Scottish small business priorities 18 January 2017 Employment stable as small firms battle rising costs 12 May 2016 'Renew efforts to tackle business barriers' says FSB