The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) welcomed measures by the Chancellor to give small businesses a helping hand by extending finance to small firms and calling off a 1p rise in small companies' Corporation Tax in his pre-budget report.

More than half of businesses have resisted the worst of the recession by innovating, creating new products and services, according to a new survey by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and ICM.

Government plans to change tax rules on holiday properties could leave eight in ten small businesses in the holiday sector at risk of closure, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has warned.

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has opened its £500,000 Disaster Recovery Fund for its members in Scotland, Lancashire and Cumbria and the North East of England, which have been adversely affected by recent heavy rain and flooding.

Commitments in the Queen's Speech to address issues in the banking sector, internet provision and the energy markets must be followed through rather than being used for political gain, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has warned.

Following a meeting of the FSB's National Council this afternoon (Wednesday, 4 November) in central London, the ruling body of the organisation was unanimous in its agreement that Lord Sugar's position was no longer tenable.

Raising taxes for small businesses would ultimately cost the UK billions of pounds and hundreds of thousands of jobs, a new independent report for the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has found.

National postal strikes could cost small businesses anywhere between £500 and £5,000, a poll by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has shown.

The Government must put a stop to all new business regulation and simplify red tape if it is to seriously tackle rising unemployment, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) said.

Small businesses are vital to tackling graduate and youth unemployment, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) will tell delegates at the Labour Party Conference next week.

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) will give the Liberal Democrat Party Conference a taste of life in a small firm this week to highlight the importance of small businesses in tackling unemployment.

The Jobcentre Plus must be urgently reformed and equipped to tackle rising unemployment, says the FSB, following research showing one in three small businesses find Jobcentre Plus ineffective.

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is urging the Government to transform post offices into small business hubs around the country to secure the future of the otherwise under-threat Post Office Network.

Small firms are waiting up to four months for invoices to be paid by several big brand names, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) research has revealed.

One in eight tied pubs are struggling to survive, hit hard by inflated prices of beer imposed on them by the Pub Company (Pubco) that owns them, according to a new report by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is challenging a potential monopoly of power being built up by high street banks over small firms seeking finance, two years after the credit crunch started.

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has brought out new proposals to get more apprentices into work and to give them a pay rise, ahead of a Government meeting on employing young people tomorrow (Wednesday 29 July).

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) today proposed solutions to ease the pressure on small firms as a result of the swine flu pandemic.

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) issued an official complaint against the French Government today for failing to prevent port blockades by fishing fleets - which threaten the survival of thousands of small haulage firms.

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is urging the Government to create 5,000 new internship placements in small businesses to tackle soaring graduate unemployment under a new Graduate Employment Scheme.