Reports and Surveys



Reports
Broadband steps for an incoming government
A fast, reliable and guaranteed broadband service direct to the UK small business customer is key as we look towards economic recovery and retaining our status as a major economic player in the 21st century.

Flexible Working: Small Business Solutions
The intricacies of balancing family, caring and lifestyle commitments with work have always amounted to a juggling act, and the issue is rarely out of public debate.

Surveys

FSB-ICM 'Voice of Small Business Annual Survey'
The FSB has joined forces with ICM Research to roll out its Annual Survey and conduct regular survey panels. It seeks the small business perspective on key issues from the economy to employment and is key to informing policy work.

FSB-ICM Survey Panel
Through the roll out of the Annual Survey, the FSB and ICM Research have recruited over 4,000 businesses to the FSB-ICM 'Voice of Small Business' Survey Panel. This panel of members will answer regular questions on different policy issues.

Small Business Index
The FSB 'Voice of Small Business' Index has been created from the views of small firms from the FSB-ICM survey panel. The report is produced by the centre for economic and business research.

Press Releases

FSB: Revitalise rural economy by providing superfast broadband by 2015

New figures show that six in 10 rural businesses are suffering with the slow speed of their broadband, as the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) calls for the majority of the countryside to have access to superfast broadband by 2015 to revitalise the rural economy.

CML: Gross mortage lending declines in April

Gross mortgage lending declined to an estimated £10.2 billion in April. Lending fell by 19% from £12.6 billion in March but was 2% higher than the total of £10.0 billion in April 2011, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders.

FSB: Small firms losing battle for public sector work

Small businesses are still struggling to win public sector contracts despite the Government’s efforts to make it easier, the latest figures from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) show.

FSB: Regulation watchdog needs sharp teeth

The independent body set up to scrutinise new Government regulations needs sharper teeth to defend small businesses against poorly framed regulations, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has warned.

FSB welcome George Osborne's budget but still a missing link

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has welcomed the Chancellor’s Budget speech. Commenting on the speech, John Walker, National Chairman, Federation of Small Businesses, said:

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