The Isle of Wight Branch of the Federation of Small Businesses and representatives of the Isle of Wight Council have met to discuss issues vital to small businesses on the Island. The FSB wants regular consultation with the Council to ensure that the views of its 970 island members are heard…

People want a bank they can trust and a survey of over 2,000 adults showed that four out of five backed the idea and two thirds would use a bank in post offices. Given the strong results, of their YouGov poll, the Post Bank Coalition is calling on government to use the consultation as an opportunity to establish a publicly owned Post Bank in the Post Office….

The Isle of Wight Branch of the Federation of Small Businesses is holding its first informal networking evening of the New Year at Yelfs, Ryde on Tuesday 16th February, starting at 6.30pm…

The Government is being called upon to hold a national conference to review its contingency planning after weeks of snow and icy weather brought the UK to a standstill. The bad weather is estimated to have cost the UK economy at least £600m a day…

With the bad weather expected to continue for several more days, small businesses owners have very varied reactions to the problems they are facing. Many small rural shops are reporting an increase in business as their customers are unable to get to larger supermarkets…

Now that the abolition of the cheque has been confirmed, small businesses fear not, alternative methods of payment, particularly by card are available…

An in-depth survey has been carried out to look at the small business sector during the recession. While small firms are innovating and growing, it warns they still need support to sustain a full recovery…p>

The FSB welcome measures to give small businesses a helping hand by extending finance to small firms and calling off a 1p rise in small companies’ Corporation Tax in the UK pre-budget report…