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The official page of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). Follow us on LinkedIn: @ FSB UK and on Bluesky: @ fsb-uk.

 Westminster, United Kingdom
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Joined February 2009
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The latest small business news (and details on how to claim a discount on a Cyber Essentials course) here 🖥️ 🔗 linkedin.com/pulse/interest-…
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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…
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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 👇
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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.
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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 👇 📧 E: go.fsb.org.uk/3QWcJDX 📥 LI: go.fsb.org.uk/4t0C94E
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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 ⬇️
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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
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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 👇
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⏰ 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 🔗
parliamentlive.tv/event/inde…
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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.
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💼 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 🎙️
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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.
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; Craig Beaumont, FSB Executive Director, and Lord Leong, Small Business Minister at FSB's Westminster office.

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.

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This is the time to win back the trust of small business owners and end the anti-entrepreneur era, FSB’s @craigie_b tells @SkyNews ahead of Wednesday’s #Budget2026.
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Our weekly round up of the top small business news 🖥️ linkedin.com/pulse/regulatio…
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Our National Chair @tinamckenz has launched today's report by the Small Business Regulatory Taskforce, alongside Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds, and Small Business Minister Lord Leong. 14 out of the 15 red-tape-cutting measures put forward by the taskforce - which was co-chaired by Tina - have been agreed to by the government, including a reversal of plans by Companies House to force even the smallest businesses to file full profit-and-loss accounts.
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