The FSB welcomes measures aimed at resolving workplace disputes and reforming the employment tribunal system. It believes these measures will considerably improve small business owners' willingness to take on more employees.
The independent body set up to scrutinise new Government regulations needs sharper teeth to defend small businesses against poorly framed regulations, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has warned.
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has welcomed the Chancellor's Budget speech. We asked for a Budget with long-term measures to help to instil confidence, rather than a barrage of micro-measures that have a limited impact on the ground.
Small business confidence has improved despite rising overheads and problems accessing finance, new figures from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) reveal.
Small businesses are looking to employ in the coming months as small business confidence picks up after a quarter of shedding staff, new figures from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) show.
A separate Government body with a seat in the Cabinet to defend the interests of small businesses should be created at the heart of Whitehall, says the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).
With small firms still struggling to access finance and no short-term solution to increasing bank lending, it is time the Government look beyond the shores of the UK for imaginative solutions to finance the economic recovery and growth of UK-plc, says the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Annual Conference will see a cross-party line up of speakers and business owners when it hits Scarborough this March.
Despite tough economic conditions, new figures show that seven in 10 small businesses have introduced new or improved products and services over the past two years, but the economy is preventing six in 10 from achieving growth this year, new figures from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) show.
The number of small businesses that have used a bank overdraft or loan has fallen in the past two years, according to a new member survey by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), even though Project Merlin was supposed to increase lending.
The All Party Parliamentary Small Business Group Entrepreneurship Inquiry will tackle why women and mature people are less likely to apply for bank finance, as well as why small firms still struggle to access finance in its first evidence session.
The National Chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), speaking tonight at the FSB's Annual Dinner said that the Government's tentative steps in the right direction need to become a giant leap if firms are to see genuine change in their business.
New figures from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) shows that small businesses will look to shed staff in the first three months of 2012, as it warns that the Government needs to be bolder in its changes to existing employment law to incentivise employment.
Small business confidence plummeted in 2011 as businesses were hit by high inflation, rising utilities bills and reduced consumer spending power according to the latest findings from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) ‘Voice of Small Business' Index.
New figures show that six in 10 small firms believe the London 2012 Games will not have a positive impact on their business in the long term despite David Cameron saying today that the UK is "on track" for a lasting legacy, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) said today.
A short message from the FSBs National Chairman,John Walker, looking back at 2011 and ahead to 2012. 2011 has been a year of huge global events and news stories which have had us all gripped. And next year is set to be yet another tough year for small businesses.
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is urging the Government not to water down the proposals in the Independent Commission on Bankings (ICB) report and is calling for an increase in competition in the banking sector to be at the heart of the Government's response next week.
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has welcomed the findings in the Portas Review of the high streets and urges central and local Government to take action as soon as possible.
The Government must get its policy on broadband right by ensuring that everyone has access to adequate broadband as a new report from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) shows online trade is vital for growth.
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and All Party Parliamentary Small Business Group (APPSBG) are launching an inquiry into entrepreneurship today, as new figures show that almost a third of small businesses at start-up stage have difficulty finding suitably skilled staff, ahead of employment statistics next week which are set to show another rise in unemployment.