Researcher, writer, commentator on retail, town & tech issues.
Leicestershire
Joined January 2009
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Michael Weedon retweeted
Our very warm congratulations to you, @jreynoldsMP, and we look forward to building a successful partnership between Government and small business.
Jonathan Reynolds MP @jreynoldsMP has been appointed Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade @biztradegovuk.
ALT Jonathan Reynolds MP appointed Secretary of State for Business and Trade.
Michael Weedon retweeted
Congratulations to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
We're looking forward to working with the new Government to ensure that the small business voice is heard, and that the right actions can be taken to support existing entrepreneurs, and encourage new ones.
Good to see the Muppet Uncle Deadly still getting roles at his age in the latest @bbcdoctorwho
Michael Weedon retweeted
URGENT! Pls share. The last chance to register to vote in the General Election is 11.59pm tomorrow Tue 18 June. Potentially 8m aren't registered at their current address. Here's 4 key facts...
1) You can do it online here registertovote.service.gov.u…
2) It's good for your finances. Not being on electoral roll can make it more difficult to be accepted for credit products like bank accounts or mortgages.
3) You can opt out of the 'Open Register' (which allows your info to be sold on) which will stop you getting junk mail marketing )
4) You'll need ID when you do vote (not to register) if you don't have it, you can get it free until Wed 26 June gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-vo…
Michael Weedon retweeted
Our General Election Small Business Manifesto sets out the blue print of what small businesses and the self-employed across the UK want to see from the next Government. 👇
🚨We've published the Manifesto for Small Businesses and the Self-Employed ahead of July's General Election, setting out what small businesses want to see from the next Government:
🔗 fsb.org.uk/static/82054790-2…
Michael Weedon retweeted
The @LibDems commitment to replace #businessrates with this land tax is all but undeliverable. The UK has no register of land ownership, values could not be established fairly given the absence of reliable evidence and tax collection from overseas owners would be challenging.
Michael Weedon retweeted
✅ Tackling late payments.
✅ Reforming business rates.
✅ Securing fair access to finance.
FSB's @MMcTagueFSB tells @BBCr4today that we want to see a commitment to a bold Small Business Act from all parties in the upcoming #GeneralElection 🎙️
Michael Weedon retweeted
For fifty years FSB has been the leading voice of the self-employed and small business owners across the UK.
Doing that includes the help and expertise of our volunteer policy champions, led by policy chair @tinamckenz
Thank you to all of our volunteers past and present.
ALT A group photograph of some of FSB's current volunteer policy champions.
Michael Weedon retweeted
As it's Friday, I'm asking all my followers to please retweet this post if you see it, to help my bird account be seen!🙏
To make it worth sharing, here's 'The Watcher'... a Barn Owl on the Somerset Levels. 😍🦉
Thank you very much! 😊🐦
Michael Weedon retweeted
Labour’s plan for our high streets will breathe new life into your area:
✅13,000 more neighbourhood police and PCSOs
✅Guaranteed face-to-face banking in every community
✅Replace business rates
✅Stamp out late payments
✅Revamp empty shops, pubs, and community spaces
New FPL league suggestion: lowest score while actually trying. Like Pointless, but with with real players fudging it up. That I could win. Who's in?
Michael Weedon retweeted
As it's (Good) Friday, I'm asking all my followers to please retweet this tweet if you see it, to help my bird account be seen!🙏
To make it worth sharing, here's a Blackbird singing to the moon! 😍🐦
Thank you very much! 😊
#FridayRetweetPlease ♥️
Northern lights as seen from Leicestershire tonight. If you could see through those clouds it would be an awesome sight. Probably.
Michael Weedon retweeted
🗣️ A lot of businesses don't go bust because they're making a loss, they go bust because they've got no cash.
⏰ We spoke to Small Business Minister @kevinhollinrake about the importance of curbing #LatePayments to small businesses.
Michael Weedon retweeted
Some 64 per cent of UK consumers preferred to shop local last year as a growing number of Brits brainstorm effective ways to spend their cash.
cityam.com/budget-conscious-…
With Shadow Sect of State Jonathan Reynolds for @fsb_policy for a Q&A on Labour's plan for small business, at the new Visku flexible warehousing site in Wellingborough. Keen to hear some of the detail behind "Scrap business rates" - and possible replacements...
Michael Weedon retweeted
🗞️ FSB calls for an increase to the VAT threshold; growth measures needed as inflation rises, scaling-up small businesses, and more.
Get up to speed with the week's most important small business news with our Weekly Brief Newsletter 👇
🔗 go.fsb.org.uk/4b6ti8P
ALT A preview of the FSB Weekly Brief Newsletter for 19/1/2024. To read the full version, click the link in the post.
Michael Weedon retweeted
Businesses in #rural areas perceive new opportunities for growth but long-standing challenges are hampering take-up.
Our report - supported by @fsb_policy & @ruralenglandcic - calls for continued improvements in #infrastructure.
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