🌍 There’s a whole World of Opportunity out there for #SMEs – and now’s the time to seize it. ​ Heathrow has launched the World of Opportunity Programme in partnership with the Federation of Small Businesses (@fsb_policy) offering £2,000 grants to 12 businesses across the UK to

📈 Proposed increases to standing charges, due to take effect from April next year, would pile even more financial pressure onto small firms at a time when costs are already high, FSB's @craigie_b tells @alilyon_94 at @CityAM ⤵️ https://t.co/VwYI8TM6mr

In celebration of National Customer Service Week @instituteofcs, 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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🌍 Win a £2,000 SME grant to realise your small firm's export potential! ✈️ We've teamed up with @HeathrowNews for the World of Opportunity programme, helping small businesses reach new international markets. With just 10% of small firms currently #Exporting, this is your

💡 The prospect of steep rises in standing charges next year is putting small businesses under pressure - causing them to dial back their growth plans. FSB's @craigie_b spoke to @thetimes about why it isn't sustainable 👇 https://t.co/JaCkFEy6jg

Proudly cross-party, @fsb_policy is today continuing its UK party conference season for 2025 Here at the SME Day for Conservative Party Conference in #Manchester, @tinamckenz put small business needs/issues front and centre (Pics w/ @MelJStride @kevinhollinrake @amgsharpe &

This year, @fsb_policy is the only business group represented at senior level, at all major party conferences - championing small business to those in power (and those who want to be) Am proud to oversee how we do that; and prouder of the team (staff, and volunteer leaders)

We're trying to match a young person with a job - @fsb_policy's @tinamckenz welcomes Reeves' new jobs guarantee for unemployed young people Podcast 🎧 @BBCSounds

📢 Read our NEW REPORT - Making the connection: Rail and the sustainable growth opportunity - https://t.co/WT1GsVUfLO

👨🏽‍🔧FSB’s @tinamckenz tells BBC’s @SallyBundockBBC 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.

🚨 Small firms in shared workspaces are losing vital rates relief due to a change in VOA rules, leaving them out of pocket. This is a real threat to shared retail, food halls, workshops and artisan spaces further down the line, we told @MailOnline 👇 https://t.co/PWHeZ3uA16

📻 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 @tinamckenz told @TimesRadio, live from #Lab25

♦️💼 At #Lab25 Business Day, the Prime Minister Keir Starmer tells FSB Policy Chair @tinamckenz that the upcoming Budget will focus on economic growth, spending regulation, infrastructure, and energy investment.

📥At Business Day at Labour Conference, FSB’s @tinamckenz asks Prime Minister Keir Starmer to reassure us about the Employment Bill and the impact it will have on small firms. He pledged to work closely with FSB on this.

As Labour Party Conference kicks off, our national chair @MMcTagueFSB tells Minister of State for Creative Industries @IanMurrayMP how crucial digital connectivity is for SMEs. Roundtable hosted by @techUK. #Lab25