FEDERATION OF SMALL BUSINESSES

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FEDERATION OF SMALL BUSINESSES
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Profile by employment

• 91 of businesses employ 4 or less
• 7 of businesses employ 5 to 20
• Only 2 of businesses employ more than 21

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The Federation of Small Businesses

• What is the FSB?
• A nationwide lobby group
• Formed in 1974
• 180,000 members over 22,000 in the SW
• 0 to 199 staff

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FSB Membership - Trade Breakdown
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Aims and objectives
Protect, promote and further the interests of all
small businesses

• To lobby on behalf of small businesses
• To provide a safety net of different benefits and
  services all of which are included in the basic
  membership fee

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Benefits

• Free - Legal advice
• Free full cover, representation and protection
• Inland Revenue
• VAT
• Employment disputes
• Health and Safety
• Jury Service

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Optional benefits

• Savings on
• Insurance
• Life and pension schemes
• Hospital and medical plan
• Telephone rates
• Factoring
• Internet services
• Merchant credit card facility

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The Federation of Small Businesses
is

• The Trade Union for Small Businesses

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Lifting the Barriers to Survival and Growth
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Survey Responses

• January 2002
• Conducted by Strathclyde University
• 3036 questionnaires returned in the South West
• 15 response rate

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Business Structure
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Age of Business
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Turnover
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Business Ambitions
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Trends in Sales Volume over last 12 mths
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Change in number of employees over last 12 mths
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Importance of factors on future Survival and
Growth
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Advice sought in last year
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Sources of Business Advice
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Business Advice
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Business Advice - SI
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Importance of factors on future Survival and
Growth
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Transport
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Transport - SI
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Education and Training
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Importance of qualifications in employment
decisions
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Staff training in last year
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Reasons for no staff training
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Staff Training vs 2001 Sales volume
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Local Services
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Local Services - SI
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Rates vs turnover etc
Turnover (Source DETR 1998) Rates as of Turnover Rates as of Overhead Rates as of Profit
-50k 7.7 13.7 35.9
50k-100k 5.5 10.3 31.8
100k-500k 2.5 5.2 17.2
500k-2 million 1.4 3.7 15.9
Over 1 bn 0.7 3.0 3.3
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Sources of Business Advice
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LA Advice sought
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LA advice sought - SI
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Govt funded business advice
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Govt funded - SI
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ICT hardware used
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ICT used for -
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ICT used for -
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Issues restricting ICT use
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Understanding ICT
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ICT used for -
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Business skills
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Access to markets
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Financial Rewards - 2000
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Financial Rewards - 2001
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Importance of factors on future Survival and
Growth
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www.fsb.org/policy/lbg2002
swpu.policy_at_fsb.org.uk
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Lifting the Barriers to Survival and Growth in
UK Small Businesses
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