The voice of small businesses
With the extensive reach and potential impact of local and regional government stakeholders on small business issues, we’re making sure small businesses are heard effectively.
With the extensive reach and potential impact of local and regional government stakeholders on small business issues, we’re making sure small businesses are heard effectively.
Choose a link below to find out more about FSB activity in the UK’s devolved nations, or to get in touch with one of the teams.
Looking for UK-wide activity? Check our lobbying page.
As a key partners to local authorities, FSB has identified the following priority asks to strengthen links with councils across England:
Our local leadership report outlines these key asks in further detail.
From local leadership to engaging events, find out how we’re supporting small businesses in England by working with local authorities. Discover some of the exciting projects and events that we have been working on to support our members and the wider small business community.
This report brings together proposals from small business owners right across the North to form a clear and cohesive approach to supporting businesses, creating an entrepreneurial culture, and reinvigorating our communities.
Small businesses are at the heart of our communities. Our report reveals how small businesses contribute to their local area, including work experience opportunities and employee engagement.
Net zero support for small businesses across England: fewer than 1% of small firms receiving help from key schemes, a new report from FSB and Warwick Business School shows.
If you want to tell us about an issue near you - or if you just want to find about our activity near you - get in touch!
Contacts for the devolved nations are available towards the top of this page.