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Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb-uk.bsky.social · 14h

📈 Proposed increases to standing charges, due to take effect from April next year, would pile more financial pressure onto small firms at a time when costs are already soaring, FSB's @craigbeaumont.bsky.social told Ali Lyon at City AM ⤵️

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'Hard to accept': Small firms round on energy intensive subsidies

So-called standing charges are being raised by as much as 96 per cent for most businesses. Many are up in arms, writes Ali Lyon.

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Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb-uk.bsky.social · 16h

In celebration of National Customer Service Week, Julie Lilley, CEO of FSB, writes about the importance of good customer service to FSB; how small businesses excel at it and how FSB is supporting them to do that 👇

#CustomerServiceWeek2025

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Prioritising customer service in an era of cost-cutting

While many big businesses are trimming costs and letting customer service take the hit, I’m proud to be doing the opposite at FSB. Customer service isn’t just a department here; it’s at the heart of e...

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Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb-uk.bsky.social · 1d

🗞️ Never miss any of the week's most important small business news.

✅ Sign up for FSB's Weekly Brief Newsletter on email and LinkedIn newsletters to get it delivered straight to your inbox every Friday.

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Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb-uk.bsky.social · 2d

🌍 Win a £2,000 SME grant to realise your small firm's export potential!

✈️ We've teamed up with Heathrow for the World of Opportunity programme, helping small businesses reach new international markets and grow their business.

Apply now 👇
www.heathrow.com/company/doin...

The graphic shows an airport boarding pass with text on it saying:

"Calling all SMEs.

"FROM: HEATHROW. WORKING WITH: FSB.

"TO: WORLD OF OPPORTUNITY.

"Apply for the chance to win £2,000 for your SME to reach new global markets."

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Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb-uk.bsky.social · 2d

💡 Higher energy bills are putting small businesses under pressure and causing them to dial back their growth plans. FSB's @craigbeaumont.bsky.social spoke to @thetimes.com about why it isn't sustainable 👇

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Outrage as firms brace for £3.7bn energy bill shock

Hospitality bosses left fuming at the prospect of paying for discounts enjoyed by large, energy-intensive manufacturers such as steelmakers

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Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb-uk.bsky.social · 8d

📺 FSB's Tina McKenzie tells BBC News’s Sally Bundock that the new jobs guarantee, which was FSB's policy idea, is a great way to support young people back into work ✅

🤝 After all, it's small firms that usually give the unemployed a job.

#Lab25

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Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb-uk.bsky.social · 9d

📻 The Chancellor's plan to get more young people into work through the Government's new youth employment scheme is welcome news to small employers - but more needs to be done to support meaningful growth for SMEs, our Policy Chair Tina McKenzie MBE told Times Radio, live from #Lab25 ♦️

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Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb-uk.bsky.social · 9d

📑 Achieving the Government's target of cutting burdensome regulation by 25%, as committed to in the recent Small Business Plan and campaigned for by FSB, will be crucial in delivering small business growth.

#Lab25 #LabourConference

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Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb-uk.bsky.social · 9d

💭 Some productive discussions about the need for growth measures in the #AutumnBudget, as well as working more closely with small employers on the Employment Rights Bill, and the importance of greater infrastructure and energy investment.

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Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb-uk.bsky.social · 9d

♦️💼 A busy start to #Lab25 Business Day, with FSB Policy Chair Tina McKenzie meeting with the Prime Minister Keir Starmer ahead of the Chancellor's speech.

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FSB's Tina McKenzie is pictured talking to Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Labour Party Conference Business Day.

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Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb-uk.bsky.social · 9d

📑 Achieving the Government's target of cutting burdensome regulation by 25%, as committed to in the recent Small Business Plan and campaigned for by FSB, will be crucial in delivering small business growth.

#Lab25 #LabourConference

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Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb-uk.bsky.social · 9d

💭 Some productive discussions about the need for growth measures in the hashtag#AutumnBudget, as well as working more closely with small employers on the Employment Rights Bill, and the importance of greater infrastructure and energy investment.

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Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb-uk.bsky.social · 13d

Some of our key recommendations include:

✅ Launching a New Traders Allowance to help people transition into entrepreneurship.

✅ Offering a £3,000 incentive to small employers hiring an apprentice under 25.

✅ Introducing a new scheme to help those with long-term health conditions into work.

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Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb-uk.bsky.social · 13d

💡 Helping more people to take the leap into entrepreneurship can be transformative for their social mobility.

We were pleased to host the Social Mobility Commission Employer Advisory Group meeting today, with part of the discussion focusing on the role of SMEs in improving social mobility.

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Attendees of the Social Mobility Commission Employer Advisory Group meeting at FSB's Westminster office.

Professor Nazrul Islam of the University of East London speaks to the Social Mobility Commission Employer Advisory Group meeting at FSB's Westminster office.

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Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb-uk.bsky.social · 14d

With just 10% of small firms currently #Exporting, this is your chance to explore new markets and grow your business.

Apply now 👇

www.heathrow.com/company/doin...

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World of opportunity

The 'World of Opportunity Programme' is part of a plan to guarantee British businesses benefit from the economic opportunities provided by Heathrow

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Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb-uk.bsky.social · 14d

🌍 Win a £2,000 SME grant to support your small firm's export plans!

✈️ We've teamed up with Heathrow Airport for the World of Opportunity programme, helping small businesses reach new international markets.

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Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb-uk.bsky.social · 14d

Take a look at the guidance here 🔗 www.hse.gov.uk/electricity/...

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Electrical safety - HSE

HSE provides information on electrical safety at work. Around 1000 electrical accidents at work are reported to HSE each year and about 25 people die of their injuries.

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Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb-uk.bsky.social · 14d

⚡️ Are you managing electricity safely at your small business? Failing to do so can cause property damage and lead to serious injury.

💭 The Health and Safety Executive has published new guidance to help business owners keep their employees and premises safe.

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Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb-uk.bsky.social · 15d

🗞️The best way to stay up to date with all the week's most important small business news.

✅ Sign up for FSB's Weekly Brief Newsletter on email and LinkedIn newsletters to get it delivered straight to your inbox every Friday.

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Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb-uk.bsky.social · 16d

Take the survey now! 👇

about.fsbbigvoice.uk/SBIQ32025

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Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb-uk.bsky.social · 16d

🚨 With the #AutumnBudget just over two months away, we're calling on all small business owners to have their say in our latest Small Business Index #SBI survey.

This will help us campaign for crucial growth measures during the run-up to the Chancellor's Budget.

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Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb-uk.bsky.social · 19d

🗞️ OUT NOW: Jobs plunge, apprenticeships, SBI, inflation, water bills, Visitor Levy, cyber security, T Levels.

All the week's most important small business news in the latest edition of the Weekly Brief 👇

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Jobs plunge, apprenticeships, SBI, inflation, water bills, Visitor Levy, cyber security, T Levels

FSB urges ministers to take action as jobs figures plunge Official figures have shown another drop in employment. There were 142,000 fewer payrolled jobs in July this year compared to 12 months earlie...

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Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb-uk.bsky.social · 22d

Read our full release 🔗https://www.fsb.org.uk/media-centre/press-release/142-000-reasons-why-the-government-must-think-again-on-jobs-MCB6B4BVWO5NGDNKLQ72LSTAM7KM

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Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb-uk.bsky.social · 22d

📉 With the number of payrolled employees in the UK falling by 142,000 between July 2024 and July 2025, we're calling on new Government ministers to take the pro-work, pro-jobs action needed to reverse the worrying downward trend in jobs.

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The graphic says: "FSB PRESS RELEASE: 142,000 reasons why the Government must think again on jobs, says FSB"

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Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb-uk.bsky.social · 23d

📢 Small businesses - our latest Small Business Index #SBI survey for Q3 2025 is live, and we want your views.

💭 Your ideas help form crucial policy recommendations to decision-makers at every level.

Take the survey now 👇

🔗 about.fsbbigvoice.uk/SBIQ32025

#BigVoiceFSB

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