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Call to modernise system

Strip out red tape and go digital in rates reform, says FSB

Andrew McRae, FSB
Andrew McRae: ‘the rates system is bureaucratic and old-fashioned’    A small business campaign group has urged the Scottish government to introduce more digital technology and strip out red tape orRead More

Another U-Turn by Hammond

Chancellor under attack for ditching tax cut pledge

Philip Hammond, reversing national insurance pledge
A plan to cut national insurance payments for the self-employed has been...

FSB calls for reform

Council work for SMEs ‘halves in a decade’

Andrew McRae, FSB
The number of Scottish businesses winning work from their local council has almost halved over the last decade, according to a detailed new report.

Joint letter to ministers

Businesses urge action on mobile coverage

Andy Willox
Business leaders have written to the Secretaries of State for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland calling on the UK Government to improve mobile phone coverage.

Rural firms fear hit

FSB accuses RBS of cutting mobile services

Mobile bank
Small business leaders have criticised reported moves by RBS to slim down its mobile bank van services in rural communities.

As I See It

Link levy with academies to beat skills crisis

Terry smiling
One common theme in the many surveys on business prospects is a concern over skills shortages, though it's not for the want of efforts to tackle the problem.

FSB to demand action

Scotland’s mobile coverage ‘unacceptable’

Andy Willox
The UK Government is being told it must take action to fix Scotland’s ‘unacceptable’ mobile phone coverage.

As I See It: Week in Review

L of a week: landbanks, lottery and a landslip

Heather Small and Emma Thompson (1)
A week in the Daily Business diary began with a call from a housebuilder and also featured lunch at a historic venue, an Oscar winning actress, a pop singer and one of the world's richest men...

Call for project bank accounts

FSB demands protection from big firm failures

Mike Cherry
Small firms have joined the call for 'project bank accounts' to be set up to help avoid more problems for sub-contractors caused by the collapse of main contractors.

In wake of Carillion crash...

Award more public contracts locally, says FSB chief

Colin Borland
Small firms leader Colin Borland has called on the Scottish Government award more contracts to smaller businesses in the wake of the Carillion crisis.