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Volunteer opportunity: FSB National Chair ✅
We’re inviting FSB members to register their interest in the role of National Chair, leading FSB’s Board of Directors and helping shape FSB’s future as the UK’s most respected business organisation.
Following Martin McTague’s appointment to the House of Lords and his then stepping down as National Chair in August 2026, National Vice Chair Tina McKenzie was confirmed as Interim National Chair.
In line with FSB’s Articles of Association, the formal process to appoint the National Chair at the Annual General Meeting on 6 April 2027 is now under way.
We’re inviting interested FSB members to find out more and register their interest 👇
🔗 fsb.org.uk/membership/volunt…
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At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, we will remember them.
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🗑️ From bin collections and business rates to licensing, planning and parking, small businesses interact with their local authorities on a daily basis.
📢 That's why we want to hear from you in our new local government survey. Your insights will help us identify what works, what doesn't, and how to make things better.
Click the link to take the survey 🔗about.fsbbigvoice.uk/LocalSe…
In a letter to the Treasury, as covered by the @Telegraph, we're calling for a review of the Chancellor's completely unworkable proposed changes to self-assessment.
The anti-growth measures would be hugely damaging to the self-employed👇
telegraph.co.uk/business/202…
The latest small business news (and details on how to claim a discount on a Cyber Essentials course) here 🖥️
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💷 With global energy and fuel prices driving inflation, the Bank of England's decision to increase the base rate to 4% is not unexpected.
But it will make life harder for small firms, pushing up the cost of credit while leaving households with less money to spend.
Read more 🔗 fsb.org.uk/media-centre/pres…
ALT The graphic shows an image of the Bank of England on the right side. On the left of the graphic, text reads: "PRESS RELEASE: INTEREST RATE RISE A SOBERING BLOW FOR SMALL FIRMS."
Our Executive Director @craigie_b has been talking to London’s police chief about the scourge of crime against small businesses, and how few lead to investigations let alone convictions 👇
Appreciated the chance to speak with @metpoliceuk Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley, today, at New Scotland Yard
While big stores & chains weapon up in the face of crime with brilliant tech solutions and security forces, this model doesn’t work for small retailers - and they quickly become the target of prolific shoplifters
FSB research shows that 59% of small firms who reported a crime say police didn’t attend; 48% say that there was no investigation - and only 3% say there was an arrest. (There is a financial cost to almost all of these offences - 56% say that is £1,000 or more.)
Frustrating to both business and the police, the courts normally then even let those 3% off - unless it’s a major repeat offender with an abundance of highest-quality evidence. Sir Mark very clear the ‘police won’t investigate crimes below £200’ claims are untrue.
While crime stats in London are improving, the above pattern is dangerous - as already 31% of small biz have not reported their most impactful crime in previous year (as they feel there’s little point). Crime must not become just another ‘cost of doing business’, nor a disincentive to setting up as a small business.
Activity to help will follow on easier reporting, better neighbourhood policing, co-ordination with BIDs, and facial recognition. @fsb_policy @FSBGtrLondon
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What will it take for UK businesses to thrive over the next decade?
FSB’s Hollie Whittles @FraggleWorks joined today’s Festival of Entrepreneurship to discuss why skills, knowledge and the support of a strong business community are key to small business success.
It's never been more important to stay on top of the latest small business news ⛽️
Sign up to FSB's Weekly Brief newsletter on email and LinkedIn newsletters to get it sent straight to your inbox every Friday 👇
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"Rather than helping 250,000 businesses, they helped 70,000"
@craigie_b from the Federation of Small Businesses tells @AliFortescue that reforms to tax rates for small businesses in the budget did not go far enough.
Watch the full show ⬇️
The Government wants to achieve growth in every postcode, but the Chancellor's #Budget2026 missed the mark on matching that ambition, FSB's @craigie_b tells @AliFortescue on @SkyNews ⤵️
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Off we go!
At @SkyNews @cathynewman @AliFortescue; on before 8pm, responding on #Budget26 for @fsb_policy
This #Budget2026 should have been the moment to help small businesses with the soaring costs holding them back, and the taxes restricting job creation.
Instead, they got nothing to ease sky-high energy bills and nothing to make hiring someone more affordable, while the increase in business rates relief excludes too many.
Read our full reaction 🔗 fsb.org.uk/media-centre/pres…
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💼 As the Chancellor prepares to deliver his #Budget2026, FSB National Chair @tinamckenz tells @TVNaga01 on @bbc5live why small businesses need more support 👇
⏰ The Chancellor is due to deliver the #AutumnBudget from 12:30pm.
✅ Stay tuned for FSB's full reaction later this afternoon and in the coming days.
Watch the #Budget2026 live here 🔗
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⏰ If you're a small business owner, you know that the true impact of late payments goes well beyond the £11 billion it costs small firms each year - harming cashflow, growth, and the economy as a whole.
✅ But the Commercial Payments Bill, which FSB campaigned for, is huge step towards stamping out late payments for good. Small Business Minister @SonnyLeong53 and @deirdrecostigan told us what the Bill will mean for small firms.
💼 Ahead of tomorrow's #Budget2026, FSB's David Hale tells @carolewalkercw on @TimesRadio how the Chancellor can back small businesses and help to encourage growth across the whole of the UK 🎙️
This document will be a game-changer for any small business which has experienced late payments at the hands of a big business.
⏰ It's the Commercial Payments Bill, aimed at outlawing these poor payment practices. It's been voted for by the @UKHouseofLords, and it's now going to MPs for their approval.
✅ To mark this halfway point in the law-making process, the Bill was presented at our Westminster office by Small Business Minister Lord Leong - who steered the legislation through the House of Lords - and Labour MP Deirdre Costigan, who will be one of the Bill's champions in the @HouseofCommons.
ALT From left: Deirdre Costigan, Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds; Craig Beaumont, FSB Executive Director, and Lord Leong, Small Business Minister at FSB's Westminster office.
ALT From left: Deirdre Costigan, Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds and Lord Leong, Small Business Minister at FSB's Westminster office.
ALT The Commercial Payments Bill.