The small business voice in government engagement
Tomorrow (Monday 24 April) I will attend the government’s Business Connect event which is bringing together Ministers from several departments with those who are running and representing business.?
I attend as founder of?a growing and tech-enabled company with a team of 45+ people, operating in UK/EU, to share the frictions and opportunities this presents. But of more importance, I attend to represent the Enterprise Nation community of 100k+ members and small business owners. ?
Points of policy ?
On your behalf, I will speak to four key areas of policy on which we are focused in 2023 which are: ?
We developed these four areas after listening to Enterprise Nation members throughout 2022 with the word used most regularly being ‘access’ when it came to what small businesses want. ?
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Founders also want access to government. We have worked with government for more than a decade on small business engagement, driven by the simple belief that the closer policymakers are to the constituents they serve, the better the policy. This Business Connect event is welcomed as an opportunity to engage with Ministers and civil servants who are making key decisions on behalf of small businesses. ?
Data as a thread ?
Across all policy areas, data and insight on what works is essential. This is why we are building the Enterprise Nation platform to measure impact of specific interventions ie what type of support works for which type of business. This is especially important as we see funding for business support (in the guise of the Shared Prosperity Fund) run until March 2025. I would like to see a world where data, insight, and small business owners themselves are influencing the funding and shape of business support that follows. ?
What have I missed? ?
What else is on your mind that you would like conveyed? Monday’s event is a valuable opportunity to ensure the small business voice is heard. ?
Please comment here or via twitter twitter.com/emmaljones
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11 个月Emma Jones are you in attendance? Will be there too - would love to catch up
Riyadh based Travel & Hospitality Expert I 8-figure revenue entrepreneur | Speaker ??I Author
1 年Emma, first of all thank you for championing our cause. And secondly, in answer to your question, we are concerned that, as a nation, we find ourselves in an increasingly uncertain economy...variously called permacrisis, polycrisis or just shit show...and that this is an era that we're not going to come out quickly and easily. Many of the challenges eg. supply chain issues, economic and political turmoil, energy, increased risk of cyber attacks etc are not going to be over and done with quickly. We think that there needs to be some support from the Government to SMEs to help them to build some of the basics of risk and resilience planning. I will message you separately to discuss more.
Co-Founder & COO @ Foundervine | Founderfest | FT Top 100 Leading European Start-up Hub
1 年Hi Emma, these are excellent points and I agree with all of them. I also think 'Access to people' should include connecting fledgling entrepreneurs to each other, at Foundervine, we have seen that when you intentionally build a community, that can help each other with knowledge, opportunities, emotional support, the effects are long lasting and go beyond short term interventions - . All the best for today!
￡￡ Helping small businesses get paid, and large businesses support their supply chains. Creator of the ‘Philip King Five-Step Model: Business Survival by Getting Paid’. Speaker, writer, host, facilitator, adviser & NED.
1 年Good to see you flying the flag Emma Jones and great to see getting paid on time as one of your key policies
Founder & director ?? jammed.app
1 年Great, good luck! Maybe one that I've now heard from multiple friends is around the crazy visa requirements for foreign-born entrepreneurs wanting to build a business here? They have to jump through so many hoops, earning minimums, work restrictions, NHS usage bans etc - it's just assumed they are all gaming the system, and seems like such a direct thing that central government controls? There's such a negative and hostile environment towards these people, and these policies make a huge difference to how we are seen as a country