The Federation of Small Businesses – FSB – has issued a press release detailing its response to the latest budget.
While the FSB stated that it welcomed some of the announcements made in the budget which it felt would aid stability, it expressed concern that not enough had been done to encourage job creation.
It was pleased [...]

The Federation of Small Businesses – the FSB – is calling on the government to reverse the planned 1p rise in fuel duty & take measures to counteract the current volatility of fuel prices.
Concerned about the impact of the rise in fuel duty for small businesses, the FSB is urging the government to introduce a [...]

Small businesses are losing millions of pounds because of the failure by HM Revenue & Customs to deal with queries.
According to Andrew Tyrie - Conservative MP for Chichester, & chair of the Commons’ Treasury select committee – the ‘collateral damage’ that failed investigations are causing is ‘huge’. During a debate in the House of Commons [...]

It is widely anticipated that George Osborne will use the upcoming budget later this month to begin tackling an escalating VAT dodge on the sale of goods including CDs, DVDs, memory cards, vitamin pills and contact lenses.
The VAT avoidance involves many high profile British retailers & is thought to have lost the government upwards [...]