Read all about it 🗞️ Get up to speed with all the most important small business news of the week in our first Weekly Brief of 2026 👇 🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/procur...

💷 Small business owners, the self-assessment tax deadline is fast approaching 👨🏽‍💻 🗓️ Make sure you submit a self-assessment return for the 2024 to 2025 tax year by 31 January. Find out more about who needs to complete a self-assessment tax return and how to do it 👇 🔗 www.gov.uk/self-assessm...

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Many small businesses on the high street and beyond are facing a raft of increasing costs, including a hike in their business rates bill 📈 📻 FSB's Martin McTague tells Shelagh Fogarty on @lbc.co.uk that the Government needs to do more to support small high street firms ⤵️

👑 With the Employment Rights Bill receiving Royal Assent, it's vital that small firms are given the time they need to adjust to the changes. (1/2)

🏦 The Bank of England's decision to cut the base rate to 3.75% is just part of what is required to get the economy back on track, with much more still to be done to support small firms. Read our full release 👇 🔗 www.fsb.org.uk/media-centre...

This afternoon, the UK House of Lords will discuss the employment gap for blind and sight-impaired people, whose employment rate stands at just 27% compared to 75% for the general population. (1/3)

📻 With figures showing a fall in the number of payrolled employees, FSB's @craigbeaumont.bsky.social tells Fi Glover and Roya Nikkhah on @listentotimesradio.bsky.social how the Government can support small businesses to create jobs and take on more staff 👇

📣 Small businesses, have your say in our latest Small Business Index #SBI survey. 💭 With the impacts of the recent Autumn Budget becoming clear, the results will help us campaign for the growth measures small businesses need. Take the survey now 🔗 about.fsbbigvoice.uk/SBIQ42025

🎙️ During our Policy Forum last week at London's Guildhall, the Chancellor Rachel Reeves spoke about the integral role that small businesses play within our economy and our communities - and the importance of FSB in championing small firms to key decision-makers at every level of government 👇

🚨 Our latest report, Signed, Sealed, Delivered, which examines the public procurement process, reveals that 62% of small firms find it difficult to secure suitable public contracts 👨🏽‍💻 Read our full report 🔗 www.fsb.org.uk/resources/po...

❌ Our new report on procurement, Signed, Sealed, Delivered, shows that 31% of small firms that bid for a local council or government contract over the last three years did not win a single tender in that period 📑 Read the full report 🔗 www.fsb.org.uk/resources/po...

🆕 OUT TODAY: Our new report, Signed, Sealed, Delivered, shows that small firms are being shut out of billions of pounds worth of public contracts as bids disappear into a “black hole” of unanswered feedback and red tape. (1/2)

🎄 OUT NOW: Get up to speed with all the week's most important small business news in FSB's latest Weekly Brief 👇 www.linkedin.com/pulse/fsb-po...

📣 Following the recent Autumn Budget, we're calling on all small businesses to have their say in our latest Small Business Index #SBI survey. 💡 The results help to shape our campaigning for the growth measures small firms need. Take the survey 👇 🔗 about.fsbbigvoice.uk/SBIQ42025

🗞️ OUT NOW: All the week's most important small business news in the latest edition of the Weekly Brief 👇 www.linkedin.com/pulse/startu...

💷 Small business owners, have you submitted your self-assessment tax return? 👨🏽‍💻 🗓️ The deadline to submit a self-assessment for the 2024 to 2025 tax year is 31 January. Find out more about whether you need to complete a self-assessment tax return and how to do it 👇 www.gov.uk/self-assessm...

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🗞️ OUT NOW: Get up to speed with all the week's most important small business news, from the #AutumnBudget latest to the new six-month qualifying period for unfair dismissal 👇 www.linkedin.com/pulse/unfair...

💼 The six-month qualifying period for unfair dismissal is a "good compromise" on earlier plans for day-one rights, FSB's David Hale tells Nick Ferrari @lbc.co.uk ⤵️

🆕 FSB is welcoming the Government’s decision to significantly improve the most anti-jobs, anti-growth aspect of the Employment Rights Bill, following extensive campaigning by FSB and its members. (1/2)

💷 Small firms will be disappointed to hear that their bills are going to be higher than they expected, FSB's @craigbeaumont.bsky.social tells the @financialtimes.com. The Government needs to follow yesterday's #AutumnBudget with serious measures that support growth 👇 www.ft.com/content/887d...

💼 We were pleased that the Chancellor listened to our calls for greater funding support for small firms hiring young apprentices in the #AutumnBudget. (1/2)

"There's a bit of pain all around for everybody." FSB's Tina McKenzie tells Ian Collins on Talk TV what the Chancellor's #AutumnBudget means for small businesses ⤵️

💼 Today’s tax-raising #AutumnBudget shows the peril of a continuing economic rut. 🚩 Hikes to dividend tax makes investing in your own business one of the least tax-friendly things you can do, and business rates measures will not help small firms and high streets nearly enough. (1/2)

⏰ The Chancellor is due to deliver the #AutumnBudget from 12:30pm. ✅ Stay tuned for our full reaction later this afternoon and in the coming days. 🔴 Watch the #Budget2025 live here 🔗 parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

🗞️ 💼 OUT NOW: All the most important small business news of the week in the latest Weekly Brief 👇 www.linkedin.com/pulse/autumn...

🗞️ With just one week to go until the Autumn Budget, make sure you stay on top of all the week's most important small business news. ✅ Sign up to FSB's Weekly Brief Newsletter on email and LinkedIn newsletters to get it delivered straight to your inbox every Friday 👇👇

If the Government wants jobs, we need to make it easier for small employers to hire ✅ FSB's Tina McKenzie tells @thesun.co.uk why uprating the Employment Allowance at the #AutumnBudget would make it easier for small firms to keep hiring and create new jobs 👇 www.thesun.co.uk/money/373691...

📻 "This is a Bill that puts people off hiring." FSB's David Hale tells @listentotimesradio.bsky.social why the Government's #Employment Bill will make it harder and more costly for small employers to take on new members of staff ⤵️

Young entrepreneurs are a crucial part of the economy, but they need the right support to thrive. 💡 Research from our Generation Entrepreneur report with Simply Business, featured in #TheOneShow's report, shows that 60% of young people currently own or want to start their own businesses. (1/2)

💼 We're calling on the Chancellor Rachel Reeves to bring in measures to support small business growth in the #AutumnBudget, including: ➡️ Raising the VAT threshold to £100,000. ➡️ Uprating the Employment Allowance. ➡️ Expanding small business rates relief.

In a letter to the Chancellor Rachel Reeves, we said that few small firms feel "prioritised" by the Government. We told Geraldine Scott at @thetimes.com how the #AutumnBudget must introduce measures to support small businesses and get the economy growing👇 www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

📢 Now live: take our AI and tech survey 🤖 AI is moving fast, and we’re finding out how it’s really changing things for small firms. Have your say in our latest survey to help shape our policy work in the tech and AI space. Respond by 23 November 👇 🔗 about.fsbbigvoice.uk/AITechnology

🎨 Our latest report, #CreatingChange, outlines a number of recommendations to Government about how to support small creative businesses, including reforming copyright laws to give small creators control over how their work is used. Read the full report 👇 🔗 www.fsb.org.uk/resources/po...

🚩 According to our new #CreatingChange report, 17% of small creative firms are worried about how AI will affect the long-term viability of their business. Read the full report 👇 🔗 www.fsb.org.uk/resources/po...

🤖 Our new report, #CreatingChange, shows that while 3 in 4 small creative businesses saw the potential benefits of AI, almost a third are concerned that it could lead to the abuse of their intellectual property rights. Read the full report 👇 🔗 www.fsb.org.uk/resources/po...

🆕 OUT TODAY: Our new report, #CreatingChange, looks at the challenges and opportunities facing small businesses in the creative industries. 🎨 We set out recommendations for Government and policymakers to support small creative businesses and help the sector thrive - now, and in the future. (1/2)

📺 “Entrepreneurs are positive people – but if you make it harder for them to hire, we simply won’t get the growth this country needs,” FSB's Tina McKenzie tells Ian Collins on Talk TV in the wake of Government figures showing a huge increase in unemployment ⤵️

🤖 Calling all small business owners: What’s your experience with AI? Is it helping you save time and cut costs? Or is it still out of reach? We want to hear how your experiences. Respond to our survey by 23 November ⬇️ 🔗 about.fsbbigvoice.uk/AITechnology

📉 With new figures showing the number of payrolled employees fell by 180,000 in the three months to September, FSB's policy chair, Tina McKenzie MBE, told BBC News that "Rachel Reeves must take action that backs jobs and growth" at the #Budget2025 ⬇️ 🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🌍 Win £2,000 to support your small firm's export ambitions! ✈️ We've teamed up with Heathrow for the World of Opportunity programme, helping small businesses reach new international markets. Apply now 👇 www.heathrow.com/company/doin...

🆕 Out now! All the week's top small business news in the Weekly Brief 👇 www.linkedin.com/pulse/employ...

📻 Proposals in the Government's #Employment Bill risk making it more difficult and costly for small employers to hire people, and offer the flexibility that helps get those who fall out of work back into employment, FSB's Tina McKenzie tells Carole Walker on @listentotimesradio.bsky.social ⤵️

We're pleased to see the Government back several of our key policy recommendations in their response to the Curriculum and Assessment Review, published today 👨🏽‍💻👩🏾‍🎓 💡 The review identifies how to equip the next generation with the skills that they, and small employers, need to thrive, including: (1/3)

📻 It's more difficult and costly for small employers to hire people than it's ever been, FSB's Tina McKenzie has been telling Emma Vardy on BBC 5 Live - with proposals in the #EmploymentBill set to compound the problem. (1/2)

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To secure sustainable, long-term growth, it's vital that small businesses are given the support they need and not saddled with additional pressure in the #Budget2025. FSB Policy Chair Tina McKenzie met with the Chancellor Rachel Reeves to discuss what small firms need to see in the upcoming Budget.

⚠️ Are you properly managing the risk of slips and trips? ❄️ As temperatures drop and daylight hours shorten, the risk of slips, trips, and falls in the workplace increases. Take a look at HSE's guidance on how to identify common causes and reduce hazards ⤵️ www.hse.gov.uk/slips/index....

📣 Calling all small design businesses: the IPO wants your help to shape the future of the UK's IP landscape 🎨 💭 Have your say on everything from proposed changes to the UK's design protection system to how designers use AI. Respond to before 27 November ⤵️ www.gov.uk/government/c...