FSB WELCOMES MOVES TO REDUCE REGULATORY BURDEN
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has welcomed the Coalition Government’s launch of the ‘Your Freedom’ website. The website, which aims to give the public the chance to nominate the laws they would like to see abolished, is also asking which regulations should be removed to make running a business easier.
A 
third (33%) of small business owners said that regulation was the biggest barrier to growth in 2009, and the FSB has set up its own portal to encourage member feedback on what regulation they would like to see removed.
The announcement was made on the same day that a new Cabinet committee with the job of reducing the heavy burden of red tape on business, chaired by Business Secretary Vince Cable, met for the first time.
Ken Moon, Chairman of the FSB’s Wessex Region, said: “We welcome this initiative giving business owners the chance to comment on existing regulation and legislation and make suggestions for change. We urge our members to log on to the website to help reduce the bureaucracy they face. Red tape and excessive legislation have been holding back small businesses for too long and our members consistently tell us this is a barrier to their growth.
There have been similar initiatives from previous administrations and we hope that the Coalition Government will listen to the needs of the 4.8 million small businesses in the UK.”
This site gives allows people to submit, comment on, or vote for ideas that will inform government policy with the chance that some proposals could end up making it into bills brought before Parliament to change the law. The site is:www.yourfreedom.hmg.gov.uk
