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FEDERATION OF SMALL BUSINESSES

FEDERATION OF SMALL BUSINESSES. Profile by employment. 91% of businesses employ 4 or less 7% of businesses employ 5 to 20 Only 2% of businesses employ more than 21. The Federation of Small Businesses. What is the FSB? A nationwide lobby group Formed in 1974

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FEDERATION OF SMALL BUSINESSES

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  1. FEDERATION OF SMALL BUSINESSES

  2. Profile by employment • 91% of businesses employ 4 or less • 7% of businesses employ 5 to 20 • Only 2% of businesses employ more than 21

  3. The Federation of Small Businesses • What is the FSB? • A nationwide lobby group • Formed in 1974 • 180,000 members – over 22,000 in the SW • 0 to 199 staff

  4. FSB Membership - Trade Breakdown

  5. Aims and objectives • To lobby on behalf of small businesses • To provide a safety net of different benefits and services; all of which are included in the basic membership fee Protect, promote and further the interests of all small businesses

  6. Benefits • Free - Legal advice • Free full cover, representation and protection • Inland Revenue • VAT • Employment disputes • Health and Safety • Jury Service

  7. Optional benefits • Savings on: • Insurance • Life and pension schemes • Hospital and medical plan • Telephone rates • Factoring • Internet services • Merchant credit card facility

  8. The Federation of Small Businesses The Trade Union for Small Businesses is

  9. Lifting the Barriers to Survival and Growth

  10. Survey Responses • January 2002 • Conducted by Strathclyde University • 3036 questionnaires returned in the South West • 15% response rate

  11. Business Structure

  12. Age of Business

  13. Turnover

  14. Business Ambitions

  15. Trends in Sales Volume over last 12 mths

  16. Change in number of employees over last 12 mths

  17. Importance of factors on future Survival and Growth

  18. Advice sought in last year

  19. Sources of Business Advice

  20. Business Advice

  21. Business Advice - SI

  22. Importance of factors on future Survival and Growth

  23. Transport

  24. Transport - SI

  25. Education and Training

  26. Importance of qualifications in employment decisions

  27. Staff training in last year

  28. Reasons for no staff training

  29. Staff Training vs 2001 Sales volume

  30. Local Services

  31. Local Services - SI

  32. Rates vs turnover etc

  33. Sources of Business Advice

  34. LA – Advice sought

  35. LA advice sought - SI

  36. Govt funded business advice

  37. Govt funded - SI

  38. ICT hardware used

  39. ICT used for -

  40. ICT used for -

  41. Issues restricting ICT use

  42. Understanding ICT

  43. ICT used for -

  44. Business skills

  45. Access to markets

  46. Financial Rewards - 2000

  47. Financial Rewards - 2001

  48. Importance of factors on future Survival and Growth

  49. www.fsb.org/policy/lbg2002 swpu.policy@fsb.org.uk

  50. Lifting the Barriers to Survival and Growth in UK Small Businesses

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