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Tag Archives: FSB
Two MPs break a barrier and challenges the Government
The recent history of our Parliament is that Jacob Rees-Mogg was not prepared for many months for any MPs or Ministers to participate in debates using video systems at all until Boris Johnson was forced to respond from No 10 … Continue reading
Our Government must start listening to businesses effectively
The meeting that took place at the beginning of last week between the Department for BEIS represented by Andrea Leadsom and Kelly Tolhurst and a number of business network agencies has indicated that our Government is not willing to listen … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, EU Referendum, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Andrea Leadsom, CBI, Chamber of Commerce, Conservative Party, FSB, IOD, Kelly Tolhurst, MakeUK
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The Absurd concepts behind Farage’s fear attacks
According to the tweet on the right hand side, Nigel is angry that some British MPs (who together represent 3 nations and Northern Ireland) have been making contact with the EU nations Government contacts. Presumably he has forgotten that this … Continue reading
Posted in Charities, Economics, EU Referendum, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Boris Johnson, Churches Together, FSB, Hope 08, Nigel Farage, SEERA
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Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) please change tactics
For the last 10 years I have been working for a small business which has grown over that period and from time to time we have been successful at winning significant contracts for various parts of the public sector such … Continue reading
Parliament, please stop patronising SMEs
Three weeks ago I wrote a blog, inspired by a claim by a select committee in the House of Commons that it wanted to meet with Small and Medium Enterprises. The challenge with SMEs is they represent businesses referred to … Continue reading
The high price of our comfort
As part of plans to travel over the Easter weekend I spent part of yesterday morning waiting at my local garage to have some new tyres fitted onto my car. Whilst I was there I bumped into the mechanic who … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged Federation of Small Businesses, FSB, Mechanic, Renault, Small and medium enterprises, SME
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