The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has urged government to be bolder in its changes to existing employment law to incentivise employment, as new figures show small businesses will look to shed staff in the first three months of 2012. The FSB’s warning came ahead of statistics published by the Office of National Statistics last [...]
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Companies forced to wait for business rates reduction
Businesses will not be able to defer part of next April’s increased business rates despite the government saying they would be able to do so. In his Autumn Statement the chancellor said firms would be allowed to defer 60% of the increase in their 2012-2013 business rate bills, due to apply in April 2012, to [...]
Sickness absence costing small businesses £1,500
Government must introduce a small employer’s relief for the recovery of statutory sick pay (SSP), as new figures from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) show that sickness absence costs small businesses on average £1,500 per year.
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Concern over local authorities keeping business rates
A rush toward ill-thought out development to generate quick revenue will damage regions in the long run, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has said in its consultation response to a government review. The Local Government Resource Review, which looks at the way local authorities in England are financed, proposes that councils will be able [...]
Small business confidence collapses
A dramatic fall in confidence over the economy has prompted small firms to lay off staff as costs rise and revenues decline. A balance of 5.8% of small firms intend to lay off workers over the next three months, suggesting a further increase in the unemployment rate, the Centre for Economic and Business Research (CEBR) [...]
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Proposed inspections charges will hit small firms hardest
HSE runs the risk of alienation if new charging proposals are adopted – says FSB Proposals to charge small firms for ‘material’ faults found during inspections by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) could damage relationships and may be seen as a way to raise revenue rather than improving compliance, says the Federation of Small [...]
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FSB calls for Work Trials to be extended
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is calling on the government to extend Work Trials to help create an extra 46,000 jobs. With around 1.64m people having been out of work for up to one year and unemployment currently standing at 2.45m, the FSB said the government needs to do more to get people back [...]
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Support for businesses after the rioting
FSB welcomes the government’s flexibility on late payment and insurance claims Businesses damaged in last week’s riots will be able to seek compensation under the Riot Damages Act, prime minister David Cameron said last week. Cameron spoke last Thursday (August 11), when parliament was recalled following the riots. Government also announced later tax-payment deadlines for [...]
FSB calls for safeguards against rising energy bills
Treat small businesses like domestic users, says FSB Small businesses must be protected by electricity market safeguards to prevent energy bills from escalating further, as small firms have said they are concerned about the rising cost of energy. This was message from a new report by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) ahead of the [...]
Late payments still hurting small firms, says FSB
Public agencies should pay invoices to small firms within 10 days, says FSB Almost three quarters (73%) of businesses have been paid late in the last 12 months, according to a new paper by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), and for the majority (77%), it is by other businesses. Small firms do not have [...]
