Escaping The Maze – A look at regulation and small business

Escaping The Maze – A look at regulation and small business

Jun 25, 2021

When talking to small business owners about the challenges facing them and creating barriers to the growth of their business, one item is always top of the list, the regulatory burden. I’ve worked on a report, published today, which proposes a solution.

3 Key Asks for local elections by Small Businesses

3 Key Asks for local elections by Small Businesses

Apr 22, 2021

In my role as chair of FSB’s English Policy Unit, we are calling on election candidates from all major parties to help small businesses and the self-employed get on the right footing for recovery with three key asks.

Politics – Solving Division with Technology

Mar 23, 2021

A fascinating video about technology & politics & the use digital tools to help bring consensus rather than division was recently brought to my attention by Rich Bishop. Has anyone else had experience of this? I would love to look at how we can bring this...

Why voting is important

Mar 19, 2014

This stat caught my attention from the Monitoring poverty and social exclusion 2013 report produced by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation http://www.jrf.org.uk/publications/monitoring-poverty-and-social-exclusion-2013:“the proportion of pensioners in poverty is at...

My Politics Don’t Fit in a Box

Mar 1, 2011

Musings for the day, when thinking about my attitude to political parties, I realise that perhaps part of “voter apathy” and the convergence of political parties stand points, is that we no longer fit in tidy, political boxes. I’m a socialist – I believe in fair...