No.10 impact on small businesses

17% of the UK workforce is self employed, the highest since records began (40 years ago), recently supporting the “biggest economic turnaround in Europe”. The Conservatives have pledged to increase the number of business startups to 600,000 a year by 2020. The Guardians article “What does a Conservative majority mean for small businesses?” discusses the Tories pledge to cut red tape by £10bn, treble the number of startup loans and carry out a review of business rates. Read more here.