Responding to a slight fall in the UK Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) to 54.3 in June, Gordon Millward, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Regional Chairman, said: “Our latest Small Business Index saw a huge swing in confidence among manufacturers from -10 at this time last year to +36
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Small business confidence bounces back to pre-referendum levels
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has today revealed that UK small business confidence in the last quarter bounced back to the level reported before the EU referendum campaign began. FSB’s Small Business Index (SBI) has now moved into positive territory, which means that more small businesses feel confident than those that
Make new financial year resolution to tackle major changes urges local specialist
Local business owners are being urged to make a vital New Financial Year resolution to meet major changes coming into effect in April. Will Swift who runs TaxAssist Accountants in Horsforth said: "Small businesses are facing an unprecedented amount of new legislation, tax rules and increased responsibilities and many of the
FSB wants a Budget for enterprise
In advance of this year’s Budget, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has called on the Chancellor to build on measures already announced, maintaining the focus on enterprise and encouraging small businesses’ growth – the key to the UK's long term economic prosperity. An increasing number of small firms want to grow
SME job creation to be boosted by new employment allowance – research shows
According to new research from Direct Line for Business (“DL4B”), one in five (20 per cent) Small to Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the UK has been encouraged to expand following the Government’s decision to introduce an Employment Allowance of £2,000 a year towards employer National Insurance (NI) contributions. In addition to
Third of Yorkshire SME owners “would not do it all again”!
One third of small business owners in Yorkshire say that they not only regret starting their own venture, but would not go through the pain of starting their small business if they were to do it all again, according to a study. And what is even more surprising than 33 per
Budget 2013: lending let down for Leeds small businesses, says local specialist
Small businesses across Leeds have suffered a lending letdown in the Budget, according to a local tax and accountancy specialist. Will Swift, who runs TaxAssist Accountants in Horsforth, said: Despite some welcome news on cutting employer’s National Insurance costs and scrapping planned fuel duty rises, our recent survey* of small businesses showed