Business organisations urge small firms to say no to the National Insurance rise.
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has joined forces with other business and employment organisations to call on small firms to sign a petition urging the Government to freeze National Insurance.
Research by the FSB with the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) found that increasing employers’ National Insurance by one per cent will cost 57,000 jobs at a time of record unemployment figures, but will not give any substantial help to plug the Government’s gap in public finances.
The FSB wants to see businesses using the petition to persuade the Government to reverse the planned one per cent rise in National Insurance and put a halt on any future rises in the foreseeable future. Raising taxes on small businesses must be a last resort if they are to do their job of helping to put the country on a steady road to recovery.
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The FSB is Britain’s leading business organisation with over 213,000 members. It exists to protect and promote the interests of the self-employed, and all those who run their own business.
Sign the ‘Say no to National Insurance Rise” petition
Business organisations supporting the petition are: British Chambers of Commerce, Institute of Directors, British Retail Consortium, Confederation of British Industry, The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, Forum of Private Business and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation.
