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FSB Weekly Brief 15 of 2007
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Week 15 of 2007 Friday 13 April 2007
In this week’s issue: Bright Ideas Trust, Scottish elections, EU labour markets, more Budget fallout, smoking ban, fire safety. 1. FSB National Chairman hosts launch of entrepreneurship trust John Wright, the FSB’s new National Chairman, this week stood up in front of the TV cameras to launch the Bright Ideas Trust, the brainchild of former BBC Apprentice winner Tim Campbell. The Conservative leader David Cameron was also present at the launch and gave his backing to the initiative, which aims to give away at least £1 million a year to budding entrepreneurs. The FSB will be supporting the first 50 young entrepreneurs registered with the trust. John Wright said: “It is vitally important that young people are given as much support as possible when considering their future career aspirations. The FSB believes that the option of setting up on their own should be open to all young people. This can and indeed must be coupled with all the necessary support young people need to give self-employment a real chance.” 2. Tartan tussle The FSB in Scotland hosted an election hustings meeting last night, pulling off a major coup by getting all 4 Scottish party leaders on a platform together at the Edinburgh Sheraton Hotel. Jack McConnell (Labour), Alex Salmond (SNP), Nicol Stephen (LibDem) and Annabel Goldie (Conservatives) got stuck into each other on issues ranging from independence for Scotland to bridge tolls and from corporation tax to tourism. Over a hundred FSB members kept them on their toes with their usual insightful questions during a Q&A session. All told the night was a tremendous success and the politicians went away in no doubt over what they should deliver for small businesses during and after the election campaign. Well done to Andy Willox, FSB Scottish Policy Convenor, and all the staff in Scotland for arranging such a high profile event. 3. FSB gives evidence to House of Lords committee Alan Tyrrell, FSB Employment Chairman, and Lucie Goodman, FSB Policy Development Officer, will be giving evidence to the House of Lords European Select Committee next week on European Commission proposals to create what the FSB calls a damaging ‘one size fits all’ approach to labour markets across the EU. The FSB is concerned that the European Commission’s Green Paper on EU labour law would further reduce flexibility in the UK labour market and put future small business and employment growth under threat. 4. Budget blues still in the air Small incorporated businesses still reeling from the outrageous three percent hike in their tax bill announced in the Budget last month are now being told that the reason for the measure was to combat tax avoidance by self-employed individuals setting up as private companies. Given that the current Chancellor was the driving force behind encouraging small firms to become incorporated through more advantageous tax arrangements, the fact that he has now slapped an extra 3 percent on the very firms that followed his advice has enraged FSB members. Some of this outrage was expressed in the Financial Times this week, which ran a story about Brown’s Budget bungle that quoted the FSB. There was also a mention for the FSB in a story in The Independent this week on the same subject. 5. Are you ready for the smoking ban? The Independent this week ran a big feature on the banning of smoking in enclosed public places. The article mentioned the fact that the FSB has be working for months to ensure that companies are well informed to prevent them from being caught out. Incidentally, info about the smoking ban in England, which comes into effect on July 1 2007, can be found right here: www.smokefreeengland.co.uk. 6. Fire safety Speaking of smoking, six months after the entry into force of the new Fire Safety Order in October 2006, how are you getting on? Go to the Fire Gateway www.fire.gov.uk website for the Fire and Rescue Services and fill in your online compliance self assessment to see how well you're faring. It only takes about 10 minutes. |
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