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[Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb_policy]

🎢 All this week's top small business news out now in Weekly Brief 👇

https://t.co/JgQDbu1qgA

[Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb_policy]

There's still time for small firms to take our Q2 Small Business Index #SBI survey.

💷 From rising cost pressures to increases in energy bills and rising employment costs, the results will help us campaign for the growth measures small firms need 👇

🔗 https://t.co/UluV5QwL5k

[Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb_policy]

🚩 According to our new research, over a quarter of small firms have concerns about how to use AI legally, ethically and responsibly.

Our policy director, Paul Wilson, told the @CommonsBTC how the Government can support small firms and make sure they're able to use AI with confidence ⤵️

[Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb_policy]

📈 According to our new AI and tech report, AI use by small businesses has increased massively in the last two years.

📺 Our policy director, Paul Wilson, told the @CommonsBTC about how small firms are using AI 👇

[Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb_policy]

🤖 Our policy director, Paul Wilson, is giving evidence to the @CommonsBTC on Artificial Intelligence, business and the future of the workforce.

Watch the full session live from 3:10pm⤵️

🔗 https://t.co/TQxYksETJP

[Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb_policy]

🚀 Our new research shows that AI usage among small firms has nearly tripled in the last two years, with 55% of small firms now using AI.

This is compared to just 20% of small firm in 2023.

Read more 🔗 https://t.co/R0JLBvYyGP

[Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb_policy]

🆕 OUT TODAY: Our latest research on AI and tech shows that unlocking wider AI adoption for small firms could add more than £42 billion to the UK economy each year.

🤖 However, fears around data, liability and copyright are holding many back.

Read more 🔗 https://t.co/SJlFugtaN3

[Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb_policy]

🚨 Small firms are facing a range of different cost pressures - from increases in their energy bills, to rising employment costs.

Take our Q2 Small Business Index #SBI survey and help us campaign for the growth measures small firms need ⤵️

🔗 https://t.co/UluV5QwL5k

[Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb_policy]

All this week's top small business news out now in Weekly Brief 🗞️

https://t.co/HptLXbGYsO

[Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb_policy]

🔻 April’s GDP contraction should be a warning sign to the Government that the disruption caused by the Middle East conflict, coupled with the cost increases which began to take effect at the start of the month, could cause significant damage to the UK’s small business and self-employed community.

Read more 🔗 https://t.co/xtpTZZCbgo

[Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb_policy]

📑 Finding a way to reduce the regulatory burden on small businesses is essential to driving up growth 📈

✅ That's why we're pleased to be front and centre in the Government's Small Business Regulatory Taskforce, which held its inaugural meeting today.

💡 Co-chaired by FSB's @tinamckenz and Small Business Minister Blair McDougall, the taskforce's aim is to find ways to streamline regulation and meet the Government’s target of reducing the regulatory burden by 25% by the end of this Parliament - helping to free up time and resources for small firms.

[Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb_policy]

Business groups across Northern Ireland, including FSB, have joined together to condemn this week’s violence and disorder.

📺 Our policy chair, @tinamckenz, has been speaking to @bbcnewsline about the impact it’s having on businesses, and the need for leadership and unity ⤵️

[Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb_policy]

🗂️ New plans to make all companies, no matter how small, submit their full profit and loss accounts to Companies House introduces an unnecessary level of risk to their operations 👇

https://t.co/Bfp6q4CMSK

[Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb_policy]

🚨 Small businesses are facing a range of different cost pressures - from rising energy bills to increased employment costs.

Click the link to have your say in our Q2 Small Business Index #SBI survey and help us campaign for the growth measures small firms need ⤵️

🔗 https://t.co/E53jvd2ldv

[Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb_policy]

FSB volunteers and staff have been remembering Neil Warwick, our much-missed policy champion for international trade, who passed away just before Christmas.

Neil was a passionate advocate for small businesses and a talented lawyer, with extensive expertise in EU and competition law, who lent his time and knowledge to FSB for many years.

Neil also supported a number of charities and community organisations in his home city of Newcastle.

We were honoured to be joined today by his sons Richard and Sam and to present to them a £1,000 donation to New Writing North, the Newcastle-based charity which Neil chaired.

[Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb_policy]

👩🏽‍🏭 Thinking about taking on apprentices but not sure where to begin? There’s still time to join our webinar with @AmazingAppsUK this Wednesday, 10 June.

Get guidance on choosing the right #apprenticeship, supporting your apprentice, and accessing financial support ⬇️

https://t.co/7Wvkgr1xKZ

[Next Week in Westminster @NWI_Westminster]

New episode: 20. Small Business, Saving Steel and Cyber Security

Hear the experts @tinamckenz, UK Policy Chair @fsb_policy, and Small Business Commissioner @emmaljones on the Commercial Payments Bill.

SUBSTACK: https://t.co/GEqd1mbRHY

[Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb_policy]

Congratulations to all of the winners and finalists at last night's @HSBC_UK and FSB Small Business Growth Awards.

Their stories of ambition, resilience, innovation and growth are truly inspiring, and proof that small businesses don’t just keep the economy moving, they help communities thrive.

Thanks also to @SaraDaviesCC for being a brilliant host.

#SmallBusinessGrowthAwards

[Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) @fsb_policy]

Small firms are an integral part of the UK's tourism and hospitality industry.

For many, the summer months will be make-or-break after a bruising period of rising costs and squeezed consumer spending.

📺Watch FSB's Paula Gouldthorpe live in York on @BBCBreakfast ⬇️

[Craig Beaumont @craigie_b]

Mansion House tonight, for the @biztradegovuk @cityoflondon dinner - on the ‘naughty table’ at the back!

Vital for all to drag focus back on to *economic growth*; my job is to make sure people see small biz support as fundamental to get some

Great chats with businesses, officials, @FSB_policy members, @citylordmayor and @peterkyle. Cemented a couple of announcements coming up, too. Onwards!