🏬 Our Small Business Index survey for Q2 2024 found that over half of small firms expect to grow their business in the next 12 months. 1 in 8 small firms expect their business to shrink in the next year. More in our full release🔗go.fsb.org.uk/4cChCui

Our Small Business Index survey for Q2 2024 found that small business confidence fell back into negative territory in the second quarter, with increased employment costs a main driver of higher business costs. Read our full release 🔗 go.fsb.org.uk/4cChCui

Some might say the high street could have a bright future - including us. We went to York, an oasis of small businesses, as part of our #FutureHighStreet campaign. What's the story? Meet Pʜɪʟ Pɪɴᴅᴇʀ, FSB member and director of wizardry 🪄 fsb.org.uk/FutureHighStre…

FSB’s new report reveals bold steps to revive the UK’s high streets! From pop-up support to mobile loyalty schemes, it’s time to transform village, town & city centres for small businesses. ow.ly/XPE950T9AWg Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)

FSB member Harrison & Simmonds has been on Bedford's high street since 1928. 🛍The shop's owner Dominic Simmonds spoke to us about the importance of being able to adapt to a changing high street. Read our #FutureHighStreet report for insights and recommendations to help nurture

Today’s meeting with Chancellor Rachel Reeves, pictured, right, with FSB Policy Chair Tina McKenzie MBE, was a crucial partnership moment, where we raised issues and growth ideas from FSB members up and down the country, in every local community. You don’t get growth, jobs or wealth

Many small businesses already offer flexible working. But any proposals to legislate for a more rigid approach should avoid a one-size-fits-all view for small employers - given different roles, needs and sectors. FSB’s ⁦Craig Beaumont⁩ has been speaking to ⁦BBC News (UK)⁩ 📺👇

Spoke to ITV's Libby Wiener tonight for Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) on #flexibleworking 89% of small firms already provide flexible working, but they do it informally - they're more like a family unit than a multinational/PLC; there's no HR Dept applying piles of extensive policies through

Two weeks to go until FSB Day! We're celebrating an incredible 50 years of supporting small businesses and the self-employed. Stay tuned for: ✨ A chance to win £5,000 for your business ✨ £50 off first year's membership ✨ Member-exclusive deals, discounts and prizes Find out

Ministers are considering a warning system and fines for those who fail to uphold workers’ rights - but Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) says small firms should be exempt 👇🏻 thetimes.com/article/a8932f…

🗃️It would be unfair for the government to fine small firms just because they don’t have official policies or paperwork. “That overreach would be a devastating inadvertent consequence,” Craig Beaumont tells The Times and The Sunday Times today ⤵️

Today, alongside business representatives and trade bodies, we have published an open letter, calling on the Government to boost growth through better SME digitisation support by actioning practical interventions.

Stand by... #FSB50

🏪🏬High streets can be destinations in their own right, attracting tourism and enriching local economies. Here Liz Kemp, owner of Kemps in Malton, tells us about how the town’s distinct identity can benefit small businesses like hers. We'd like to see local high streets

“A public agency should not be fining UK small businesses thousands of pounds simply because they don't provide formal corporate tick-box bureaucratic policies and paperwork,” says Craig Beaumont dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

#Employers - we’ve worked with the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) on a series of bitesize videos to help #SMEs get started with #apprenticeships! Here's our fourth YouTube video 'How to prepare for your role as an apprentice's line manager': ow.ly/OIIH50SULWw #SkillsForLife

🛍High streets can have a bright and thriving future, provided they, and the small businesses at their heart, are given the right support, policies and infrastructure. Our #FutureHighStreet report featured in BusinessLive business-live.co.uk/retail-consume…

🎂FSB is celebrating its 50th anniversary of supporting and championing small businesses and the self-employed across the UK. 🎊Thank you to Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds and Aldershot MP Alex Baker MP for wishing us happy birthday in Parliament. #FSB50

🖥️It's good to see the UK sign the first international treaty addressing the risks of Artificial Intelligence (AI). It contains protection for human rights, democracy and the rule of law. Of course, SMEs will be crucial in making sure AI's benefits are felt across both the