Pleased to see that the Economic Trade Documents Act has been made law. We, alongside ICC United Kingdom, have been calling for paperless trade, and this law will recognise digital documents as having equal legal status to their paper equivalents. 📜

🛍️Following today's figures showing that retail sales jumped last month, FSB's Alan Soady told GB News that the "only way out" of the cost of doing business crisis is to have policies in place that allow small businesses to keep more of the money they take to spend, invest, grow

This is so true and explains brilliantly why it is in all our interests to make the effort to use cash 💷 Why should we pay cash everywhere with banknotes instead of a card ? - I have a £50 banknote in my pocket. Going to a restaurant and paying for dinner with it. The

Engineers and builders at the professional level👏

Turning a Queen chess piece♟️♟️ The accuracy is rather satisfying 👌🏼

We're pleased to see the Government reverse the ban on takeaway drinks 🍻 Allowing pubs and breweries to continue to sell takeaway drinks will provide them with additional revenue, and help to mitigate soaring costs. We spoke to BBC News (UK) 👇 bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

The Lower Thames Crossing’s planning application alone costs more than twice as much as it cost Norway to actually build the world’s longest road tunnel. And we wonder why we’re not growing… samdumitriu.com/p/a-boring-sto…

Our new #TechTonic report looks at the ideas and technologies small businesses are introducing, and how the Government can incentivise more small firms to invest in tech adoption and innovation by: ✅ Encouraging large firms that have been awarded R&D and innovation grants to

We were pleased to attend the #WTOPublicForum in Geneva, looking at better supporting small business trade 🌍📦 ✅ Some very productive discussions with Simon Manley UK Mission Geneva 🇬🇧 and Matthew Wilson looking at how we can break down barriers to international SME trade,

A pleasure to formally open Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)'s new offices. Small businesses make up 99% of all firms in the UK, they are the lifeblood our economy. That’s why I’m working hard to get more SMEs exporting, supporting start-ups with loans and cutting red tape to help them grow.

📊In todays The Times and The Sunday Times, we call on the Chancellor to exert pressure on big companies to pay smaller ones on time. ⏰Late payments are “pernicious” for our members. More here ⬇️ thetimes.co.uk/article/16f1b6…

This is 💯% correct from John Redwood in @conhome. We need a supply-side budget, one that aims at boosting the country's productive capacity, building and growing businesses, and getting people back to work.

✅ Figures from our latest #SBI report found that 4 in 5 small firms provided an average of 7 days of training for each employee (83%). 🚀 This underscores the commitment of small businesses to maintaining and upskilling their workforce. Read our full release 🔗

Amid political turbulence… we’re *1 week* from a crucial #AutumnStatement With tight public £, Sir Jeremy Hunt MP has tough choices on how to do most good = A clear focus on UK small biz/self-employed needs (not BigCo): 👊late payments 👊biz rates SME relief 👊training tax deducts

Very sorry to hear of the passing of Lord Cotter. A sterling supporter of small businesses and what they bring to the wider economy and to their local communities.

Today we were pleased to welcome our new Colonel-in-Chief, HRH The Prince of Wales, to The 1st Battalion, The Mercian Regiment. His Royal Highness met with Soldiers from the Battalion, and went into the Salisbury Plain in a Warrior to observe an exercise. #StandFirmSrikeHard 💪

The behaviour of the Post Office and their officials during the Horizon scandal has been appalling. The Government must ensure those responsible for this terrible miscarriage of justice are held to account.

Celebrating 50 years of representing SMEs ✍️ Writing in today’s Belfast News Letter, Alan Lowry, Chair of FSB’s NI Policy Unit, reflects on 50 years of FSB speaking up for self-employed and SME owners, the entrepreneurs who have grown their businesses and created jobs across the

⚡️ Small firms have seen their standing charges skyrocket - with up to 12-fold increases, in some cases 💡 ➡️ We're calling on Ofgem to ensure suppliers are more transparent in the calculation of standing charges. Read our full release 👇 fsb.org.uk/resources-page…

Yesterday Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Westminster hosted Minister Kevin Hollinrake MP and @Goodbizpays for their awards, celebrating large firms that pay small suppliers fast, in full, and for free. Was lovely to hear one say, matter-of-factly: "We’re nothing without our suppliers". More!