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The All-Party Parliamentary Small Business Group (APPSBG) acts as a bridge between politicians and small businesses.
Through the Small Business Research Trust (SBRT), the Group consults on specific areas of small business policy and disseminates the results through briefing papers, newsletters and meetings. Issues are raised and opinions sought through public hearings, written submissions, research and web-based consultation.
Founded in 1997, the APPSBG has grown rapidly in prominence and is now believed to be the largest all-party parliamentary group in the UK with around 400 members from the House of Commons and House of Lords.
The aim of the SBRT’s involvement with the APPSBG is to raise awareness of small businesses’ key concerns among parliamentarians and the House of Lords.
Recent achievements include:
- Forcing amendments to Care Standards Act to help private carehomes stay in business
- Researching the problems of access to finance and informing recommendations for improvements
- Obtaining a voluntary agreement on insurance renewal periods
- Demanded an investigation into the operation of IT visas
- Encouraging equitable treatment of Defra contractors
- Working to amend the Small Business Rates Relief scheme so that more small businesses would benefit
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