Our international affairs policy champion, Neil Warwick, tells Lords European Affairs Committee that ensuring UK SMEs have sufficient information on data adequacy is vital for efficiency✅

⏱️It minimises the time SMEs have to spend on compliance, allowing them to maintain cross-border data flows…

Today, at 4pm we will continue our inquiry into UK-EU data adequacy with evidence from Nicola Watkinson (TheCityUK), Neil Warwick (@fsb_policy) and Ruth Boardman (Bird & Bird).

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💻 We're giving evidence to Lords European Affairs Committee on UK-EU data adequacy.

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🌱 Net zero
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💻 FSB's policy champion for international affairs will give evidence to Lords European Affairs Committee later today on the UK-EU data adequacy agreement.

Tune in from 4 pm to watch the full evidence session live 👇

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Calling all small employers!

We want your thoughts on the National Living Wage 👷🏼👨🏾‍🔬
 
Your views help to drive policy change and inform our recommendations to the Low Pay Commission and other key decision-makers.
 
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The Net Zero Council sees businesses and investors working together to reduce emissions and benefit from the clean energy transition.

Hear from leading voices at Co-op, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and Electron on how we can empower businesses to cut emissions 📹 👇

📰 Read all about it! EU imports warning; digitisation; wages; net zero; seasonal workers, and more.

Get up to speed with all of the week's most important small business news in FSB's latest Weekly Brief Newsletter 👇

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✅If you run a small firm, are self-employed, or employ members of staff, there are a range of tax reliefs and allowances available from HMRC.

💭 According to our research, many small business owners are unaware of the reliefs available to them.

Find out…

Positive to see the needs of small businesses considered in this new report from The Law Society 📑

⚖️ Granting proper investigatory powers to the Small Business Commissioner UK and introducing more effective dispute resolution processes, both of which FSB has campaigned for, are important…

Are you self-employed or a small business owner? Then we want your thoughts on the National Living Wage 👷🏼👨🏾‍🔬

📧 If you're an FSB member, check your emails for your unique survey link, or click the link below to help drive policy change.

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🗳️ You'll need photo ID to vote in today's elections, so don't forget to take it! Find out which forms of photo ID are accepted:
🔗 electoralcommission.org.uk/voting-and-ele…

Oh dear, Day 2 of new post-Brexit border checks and the government’s IPAFFS has crashed.

EU imports have to be logged on IPAFFS to clear customs.

Went down 2 hours ago. Until it’s up again there are 2 options: 1) wave all lorries into UK. 2) send them to a Border Control Post.

⚠️ Yellow weather warnings have been issued across the south of the UK, with heavy rain and thunderstorms forecast 🌧️

If you're worried about the impact of heavy rain and flooding in your area, these steps can help to protect your small business ⤵️

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The impact and cost of new import checks on EU products will disproportionately hit SMEs 📦

🚚 Businesses will be forced to pass costs onto customers, reduce their offering, or shut up shop entirely.

We spoke to the The Independent 👇

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📣 Calling all small businesses!

✅ The Tell Admin Burden Advisory Board (ABAB) survey is now live.

✅ This is your opportunity tell ABAB how you think the tax system could be made quicker and simpler for you and other businesses.

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