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Small business owners claim that the government is making it more difficult for
them to handle rapidly rising costs.
In a poll of over 9,000 business owners by the FSB, almost 90% said that
government policy was making business costs, such as fuel, even higher.
The overall assessment of the government’s performance on small business issues
showed that 96% of respondents to the FSB poll said that they were unhappy with
the government’s record.
The FSB is calling for the government to help the 4.5 million SMEs across the
country cope with rising costs by using higher than expected North Sea oil tax
revenues to reduce fuel duty.
John Wright, FSB national chairman, explained: “With the end of a period of
relative stability, small business confidence in the government has plummeted in
the last couple of years.
"Employment, tax and fuel policies have left many small firms feeling that their
concerns are not being taken seriously enough.
“All we see is government consulting big business, with small businesses being
left out of the loop.
"But small businesses produce over half of UK GDP and it is important that their
needs are addressed if we are to get through the current economic difficulties.”
Source:
RedAlert
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