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Cold snap causes serious problems for SMEs

Weather plays a vital role in the success of small medium enterprises, thus, a decline in profit of the small businesses happens during extreme weather condition. This is highly apparent in the recent snow problems that the country experienced, stifling already mired small business conditions.

During cold weather season, heavy snow can halt the transportation [...]

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Get Britain Trading

Small businesses would be better able to increase their businesses if the government would do something positive about the complicated taxes and reduce the cost of utilities and fuel. Get Britain Trading is the Forum of Private Business’ way of giving the issues that face SME’s a higher public profile.

With reductions striking out at [...]

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Not enough incentive for companies to hire new staff

Many small businesses in the U.K. are struggling to stay afloat, and hiring new employees has often been out of the question. The government’s temporary break on National Insurance will help, but not enough, according to the Forum of Private Businesses. Phil Orford, the Forum’s chief executive, said that if the country’s small businesses are [...]

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Forum of Private Business says divide with government gets bigger

To further prove the detachment the small business community feels from government these days, a Forum of Private Business study has revealed that a majority (89 per cent) of small businesses believe that the coalition government does not understand its impact upon the small business community.

This was revealed as small business owners and operators [...]

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