Executive Director @FSB_policy / @Politico: ‘maverick’, @Business: ‘killer stats’ / ExCo @IndParlTrust, 🌈@OutstandingIB / OBE / Ex @10DowningStreet @London2012
Jul 20 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Unlike big corporates or public bodies - SMEs don’t have HR Directors/teams, or in-house legal employment experts to handle complex industrial relations with trade unions
So we need some sensible lawmaking in Parliament, tomorrow
A 🧵 on amending the #EmploymentRightsBill👇 1/
The House of Lords will vote on cross-party Amendments 131 & 145 on industrial relations/unions
These changes matter. Without them, the proposals go too far, too fast for SMEs
@fsb_policy supports these amendments. Here’s why:
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Sep 8, 2021 • 11 tweets • 7 min read
A THREAD. Shall we clear up an error in some briefing we've seen – in official documents, MP talking points, and Ministerial comments on the NICs jobs tax hikes:
It is incorrect to say "40% of small businesses will not pay a penny towards this - 640,000 businesses".
In @hmtreasury documents this is phrased differently: "40 per cent of businesses, around 640,000, will not be affected at all by the Levy". This is wrong. The Prime Minister followed with “most small businesses will be protected, with 40 percent paying nothing extra at all.
