- Confederation of British Industry(CBI)
The CBI is able to put the views of its SME members directly to Government. The information flows in the other direction, too, and the CBI's policy units gather and summarise data from the legislative programme and promote members' interests before the Government and the European Union.
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Centre Point,
103 New Oxford Street,
London
WC1A 1DU
Tel: 020 7395 8247 Fax: 020 7240 1578
- Federation of Small Business (FSB) Is a UK small business lobbying group which offers legal advice, promotes SME interests, produces an SME magazine, covers current events and news and counts 167 000 members.
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Contact:
Sir Frank Whittle Way
Blackpool Business Park,
Blackpool,
Lancashire FY4 2FE
Tel: 01253 336000
Fax: 01253 348046
Email:
- Small Business Service (SBS) is an agency within the United Kingdom's Government that champions the interests of small businesses.
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Small Business Service
Kingsgate House
66-74 Victoria Street
London SW1E 6SW
General enquiries 24 hrs : 0845 600 9006
- Small Business Bureau
Website
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Curzon House
Church Road
Windlesham
Surrey GU20 6BH
Tel: 01276 452010 / 452020
Fax: 01276 451602
- The National Federation of Enterprise
Agencies (NFEA) is the membership body for local Enterprise
Agencies in England. It forms a network of independant, not for profit
local agencies committed to responding to the needs of small and growing
businesses by providing a comprehensive range of services. There
are 21 agency branches in the South West alone so be sure to visit their
website to find their nearest regional branch. Their services
cover a range of areas from mentoring to entrepreneur scholarships.
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Contact: George Derbyshire
National Federation of Enterprise Agencies
12 Stephenson Court
Fraser Road, Priory Business Park
Bedford MK44 3WH
Tel : +44 (0) 1234 831 623 Fax : +44 (0) 1234 831 625
Email:
Contact: Nigel Hutchings
British Chamber of Commerce
16 Clifton Park,
Bristol BS8 3BY
Tel: 0117 973 7373
Fax: 0117 974 5365
Email:
- Forum of Private Business (FPB) Founded 1977, it is a wholly-independent, non-profit seeking company. 25 000 businesses form its nation-wide membership.
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The Forum of Private Business,
Ruskin Chambers, Drury Lane,
Knutsford,
Cheshire, WA16 6HA.
Tel: 01565 634467
Fax: 01565 650059
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- Small Business Europe This UK
Government office was set up in Brussels to represent UK SME interests
before the European institutions.
Rue du Luxembourg 23
Brussels 1000, Belgium
Tel: +32 2 503
1062
Fax: +32 2 503 158
- STEP is a UK wide programme
linking the wealth of talent in the student sector with the exciting
potential of the small business sector. STEP receives support from
various government departments and agencies, including the small
business sevice and DTI.
Website:
STEP Enterprise Ltd
11-13 Goldsmith Street,
Nottingham NG1 5JS
Tel:0870 036 5450 Fax:0115 950 8321
Email:
- Startups.co.uk This site is
sponsored by National Business Register PLC. It provides
information on almost all aspects of business from starting up to
winding up, business planning, financing, franchising, retailing,
technology, etc
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- Business Support Teams
Troubled by tax or national insurance? Your local Business Support
Team can offer you free, confidential help. If you are a new or small
employer their network of Business Support Teams can help. They will
talk you through how to keep good records, when to send information,
what you need to do to process your payroll and answer any questions
that you may have regarding Tax and National Insurance. The Business
Support Teams offer help in a variety of methods.
Website:
Tel: 01233 653673
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Genesis Initiative
The Genesis Initiative, brainchild of the Small Business Bureau, was formally launched by Prince Michael as an independent cross-party 'think tank' organisation. With a Senate composed of representatives from SME organisations right across the sector, it aims to encourage the creation, growth and development of SMEs, helping to support them through research and the writing of policy papers and also by lobbying the Government on their behalf through the All-Party Parliamentary Small Business Group.
The launch of the Pan-European Initiative, under the chairmanship of Hans-Werner Müller, Secretary General of the largest confederation of SMEs in the EU (UEAPME), aims to extend the Genesis concept throughout Europe, with the establishment of a structure comprising national and multilateral SME representative bodies, national MPs and MEPs, working together through individual EU Governments and the European Commission to ensure small business growth and sustainability.
Genesis Initiative,
PO Box 994
Windlesham
Surrey GU20 6BH
Tel: 01276 452020
Fax: 01276 451602
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Edward MacMillan-Scott MEP with Cllr Andrew
Palfreyman, Cllr Robert Light and Ms Amanda Machin, supervisor at the
private sector Hawthorn Residential Home, Bradford Road, Batley |
