Enterprise Britain

There are 4.3 million businesses in Britain that qualify as a Small toMedium Sized Enterprise. That’s a staggering number.

To put it into context, the corporates that employ more than 250people each account for only 0.4% of all businesses... the rest areSMEs, employing 58.7% of the British workforce.We call this massive proportion of the economy: Enterprise Britain.

The thing is many of us in Enterprise Britain are often lonely and notunderstood. We do not have massive support staffs and boards ofDirectors. Successive governments have been piling on the red tape,it’s difficult to raise money from banks and we cannot afford thefinancial, legal and tax advice of the very richest which means we payproportionally much more tax than they do! For most of us, though, wewould not want to work for anyone else, we love our businesses and,with just a little help and support, it would be a great life.

Enterprise Britain started life as the musings of Chairman Drury butrapidly expanded to include blogs from other entrepreneurs about lifein the world of Enterprise Britain. We hope you enjoy their writings,recognise some of the issues you face and perhaps recognise or evenlaugh at their experiences!

Enterprise Britain is developing into much more than a series ofblogs. We bring the plight of small businesses to government (bewarned David!), to the banks we have to do business with and toregulators who administer the red tape we battle with every singleday.

We are adding more and more material all the time so make sure youcheck back to the site regularly to find out what’s new ... you canalso let us know what you’d like to see, learn more about and read.The blogs are circulated every week by newsletter. Our readership willsoon reach 100,000 and will continue to expand. But we need to reachmore and more people so we can make a real difference. You might evenbe inspired comment on the blogs or to write one yourself. We wouldlove to receive your musings. Just write them and send them to us.www.enterprisebritain.com

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