Leaving the EU will impact on many areas of our economy. Importing, exporting and transport, regulations and standards, energy and climate, intellectual property, supplying services to the EU, funding, data use, procurement and employing EU citizens. All our members should by now understand what Brexit means to them. If your business does any of the […]
All posts by Ian Cass, Forum of Private Business
Forum members who employ EU citizens
Author:Many Forum members employ EU citizens in their businesses. With this in mind it is important that you are aware of the EU Settlement Scheme and how it works as you may need to signpost and help some of your employees to go through this process. What is the EU Settlement Scheme? If you are […]
Brexit Update
Author: 24th September 2019Dear Member, As I am sure you all know, the Forum represents our members issues and interests regardless of which political party is in government. We also realise that, like the country, our members were split in their views on withdrawing from or remaining in the EU, so we don’t hold a view either way. […]
Cyber Security
Author: 3rd April 2019Problems with cyber breaches are not just confined to big businesses and they can have serious and detrimental effects on smaller businesses as well. All businesses regardless of their size, now rely on systems that are based on technology, sole traders and micro businesses may have a single desktop or laptop computer, small and medium-sized […]
#MicroBizMatters Day 11th January 2019
Author: 13th December 2018#MicroBizMatters Day is the only annual day of recognition, action and learning for micro business owners anywhere, those that employ 0 to 9 or turnover up to £2 million annually. Being part of this rocking day is only a click away! Decide how you will be part of the #MicroBizMatters Day phenomenon then start spreading […]
The Brexit Deal Explained
Author: 6th December 2018The Forum of Private Business is happy to share the governments “Brexit deal Explained” website with our members who wish to find out more about the current withdrawal agreement the Prime minister is trying to get through Parliament. Managing director Ian Cass says, “Its good to see Government producing as much information as possible about […]
Wish List for Budget 2018
Author: 26th October 2018Listen to Ian Cass Managing Director of the Forum of Private Business talk about the wish list for our members and Budget 2018 We would like to see the Chancellor introduce support and help for those independent retail businesses who are currently suffering, business rates still being a big issue along with high rents […]
Pension Auto-Enrolment
Author: 8th February 2018We want to stress how important this message is for members and non-members with reference to Pension Auto-enrolment Please don’t ignore any letters that you may receive from The Pensions Regulator, especially Compliance Notice’s as these usually relate to fines and penalties and these will simply not go away until they are dealt with. Penalties can […]