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Small businesses must be recognised for their role as skills trainers - Fri, 21 Nov 2008
Small businesses that offer on-the-job training are contributing to a skilled workforce, but are going totally unrecognised, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) warned.

Small businesses urged to sign up as school governors - Wed, 19 Nov 2008
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and national charity School Governors? One Stop Shop (SGOSS) will today mark Enterprise Week by entering into a Memorandum of Understanding to encourage more small employers and their employees to become school governors.

Small business champions to be announced at national ceremony - Tue, 18 Nov 2008
Six small businesses around the UK are national finalists in the British Small Business Champions (BSBC) Awards 2008, run by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

FSB: Government must cut tax and provide new funds for small firms in the Pre-Budget Report - Mon, 17 Nov 2008
The Government must announce a new £1 billion fund for small firms in the Pre-Budget Report, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) said today.

Use the internet to increase sales during the downturn, says the FSB - Fri, 14 Nov 2008
Nearly half of small businesses that use the internet to advertise their firm increase turnover by one fifth, according to new figures released by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

Post Office Card Account announcement good news for small business - Thu, 13 Nov 2008
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)has today welcomed the Governments decision to award the Post Office Card Account (POCA) contract to Post Office Limited which will save thousands of small businesses.

The capital Keeps Trade Local - Mon, 10 Nov 2008
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is launching its national Keep Trade Local campaign across the capital next week to encourage Londoners to support the ailing economy by shopping locally.

FSB survey names banks as one of the biggest growth barriers for small businesses - Fri, 7 Nov 2008
Banks are among the biggest blocks to the growth of small businesses, the Federation of Small Businesses' (FSB) biennial survey of sector trends has revealed.

Federation of Small Businesses responds to interest rate cut - Thu, 6 Nov 2008
Responding to the Bank of England's cut in interest rates of one and a half per cent, Federation of Small Businesses National Chairman John Wright said:

FSB appoints a small business professor to help small firms lift the UK economy out of a downturn - Wed, 5 Nov 2008
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has appointed an academic to add to its package of practical support to small firms during the downturn, as research shows that half of small business owners risk losing everything if their enterprises fail.

 

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