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⏳ FINAL CALL: What, if anything, is holding back investment in your business? have your say in our risk and investment survey before it closes tomorrow 💷
This is a vital part of our campaigning, and helps us call for the measures that small firms need to grow.
Plus, there's the chance to win £200 🔗 about.fsbbigvoice.uk/RiskTak…
“It’s the small businesses that will help us get growth,” FSB’s @tinamckenz tells BBC’s Any Questions? tonight, as she calls for action on business rates in the upcoming Budget.
OUT NOW: All the most important small business news of the week in FSB's Weekly Brief 💡🧰
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🎙️ FSB's @tinamckenz spoke to Sarah Ropek on the brand new episode of #TheHRPodcast - talking about the most pressing issues facing small businesses.
✅ From supporting young entrepreneurs and dwindling small business confidence, to taking on new staff and what the Employment Rights Act means for small employers.
Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts 👇
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⚠️ Calling all small business owners - there's still time to have your say in our risk and investment survey 💷
It's a vital part of our campaigning, and helps us call for measures that give small firms the confidence they need to invest and to grow.
Click the link to take the survey for the chance to win £200 🔗 about.fsbbigvoice.uk/RiskTak…
✅ Increasing the Small Business Rate Relief threshold to £25,000 and up-rating the Employment Allowance in the #Budget2026 will help to drive growth and create jobs.
🎙️ Following meetings with the Chancellor and Prime Minister today, FSB's @craigie_b told @MattChorley on @bbc5live about the measures small firms are looking for in the Autumn Budget.
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An early start at 11 Downing Street for a #Budget2026 breakfast with the Chancellor, for @fsb_policy
Making the case for small businesses, high streets, retail, hospitality and leisure for ‘Budget and Beyond’
Among mainly big business voices, I focused on costs and jobs - 1) increasing Small Business Rates Relief and 2) the Employment Allowance would boost growth, investment and employment in every postcode.
And give small and micro businesses some much-needed breathing space.
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💼 With the Autumn #Budget2026 only a couple of weeks away, FSB's @craigie_b has been setting out the key issues for small businesses to the Chancellor, and the actions he could take support them:
✅ Increasing Small Business Rate Relief from the current £12,000 threshold to £25,000 would remove at least 250,000 more small businesses from paying rates - giving them vital room to grow.
✅ With rising employment costs putting off many small firms from hiring, uprating the Employment Allowance, then indexing it in line with the National Living Wage would be a lifeline for small businesses looking to take on more, particularly younger, members of staff.
ALT Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey (left) speaks with FSB's Craig Beaumont inside No. 11 Downing Street.
💷 By increasing the SBRR threshold from £12,000 to £25,000 at the Autumn Budget, the Chancellor could unlock growth by removing at least 250,000 more small businesses from paying rates, we told @emilyhwkns at @DailyMailUK ⤵️
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Our new findings show that more small firms would invest, recruit and grow if Small Business Rate Relief were to be expanded 🏬
💼 That's why we're calling on the Chancellor to increase the SBRR threshold to £25,000 at the upcoming Budget.
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ALT The graphic shows and image of the Chancellor's Budget Box on the right side. On The left text reads: "PRESS RELEASE: CHOOSE BUSINESS RATE RELIEF EXPANSION AT THE BUDGET TO UNLOCK HIRING AND INVESTMENT, FSB SAYS."
What does the future of UK high streets look like? 🏬🛍️
FSB's @craigie_b spoke to @TheVanessaFeltz on @LBC about exactly that, and why we're calling on the Chancellor to prioritise small business rate relief in the upcoming #Budget2026 👇
Your Friday round-up of the latest small business news in FSB's Weekly Brief 🦉
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⚠️ Calling all small business owners - we want your views in our new risk and investment survey 💷
This is a vital part of our campaigning, and helps us call for measures that give small firms the confidence they need to invest and to grow.
Take the survey 🔗 about.fsbbigvoice.uk/RiskTak…
🏹 After successful FSB campaigning, we're pleased to see the Government introduce a new £2,000 incentive for non levy-paying small employers, which helps to give small firms much-needed support to take on and train more apprentices.
✅ As FSBs @craigie_b says, this is a vital part of tackling the many challenges facing young people who aren't in education, employment or training.
💷 The payment can be stacked with other support worth up to £6,000 and is a major step towards helping more small firms invest in the next generation of workers.
£2,000 apprentice payment available for employers
Eligible businesses hiring a new apprentice aged 16 to 24 can now access government support and funding
Visit: ow.ly/Ebor50ZVwca
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🔷 It's been a busy day in Birmingham for Conservative Party Conference #CPC26 - talking about the key issues facing small firms.
We've had lots of productive discussions, including with Leader of the Opposition Kemi Badenoch and Shadow Chancellor Andrew Griffith, on business rates, energy costs, and the future of local high streets 👇
ALT Leader of the Opposition Kemi Badenoch (right) with FSB's Tina McKenzie.
FSB's @craigie_b has been talking to @LBCNews about the impact of rising fuel prices on small businesses, and with the #AutumnBudget only a few weeks away, what action the Government can take to support small firms with costs 👇
Start your weekend right: Get up to speed with all the latest small business news in FSB's Weekly Brief 🎯
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⛽️ With fuel prices soaring, FSB's Paul Wilson has been speaking to @SkyNews about the impact on small businesses, and what the Government could do to support them 👇