'Small business - SMEs - are businesses with less than 250 employees. Delving into the figures published by the Department for Business shows that SMEs account for 6 out of 10 private sector workers.The last Labour government's attitude to business stank; they helped their friends in large multi-nationals and ignored the needs of the more numerous and thus harder to control SMEs.
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Since 1994 SMEs have become increasingly important in the employment arena, while big business employment numbers, having risen up to 2001-2002, have since fallen back towards 9m:
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SMEs really matter. They account for most of the UK’s private sector jobs. They are responsible for half of the UK’s private sector turnover. And it can be seen from the jobs graph that SMEs have so far shown resilience in the face of the downturn. When it comes to increasing the structural growth rate of the UK, SMEs have a central role to play.'
2. Alex Singleton in The Telegraph wonders whether a British parliament could ever end the NHS and decides that unfortunately not.
3. Darrell Goodliffe at Labour Uncut think that the Alternative Vote system is 'a sham'.
4. David Maclean has learnt that the left like to ambush Conservatives and don't always tell the truth; did he not realise this before?
'David Cameron visited Leicestershire and his first stop was at the LCB Depot in the city.
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In the meantime I met Gary Garner, city council Unison man, and followed him through to a bustling room towards the rear of the main building out of curiosity.
In it were around 20-30 people, who suddenly surrounded me and demanded that I write a story about David Cameron “refusing to meet them”.
I tried to point out that he’s the Prime Minister on an official visit, not a councillor at a ward surgery at the local community centre. You can’t just pop along and ask for a chat. I wondered what on earth they were thinking? Where did they get the idea from? There wasn’t some halcyon period when Gordon Brown waved in all comers to discuss domestic policy. Why did they expect Cameron to?
Many were union members, a couple of them were homeless, and a couple were children.
The two primary school age youngsters were jabbed towards me. “They want to ask him why they can’t go to university anymore,” someone barked in my ear. I racked my brains, trying to recall the news story which stated that the coalition had now banned children from going to university. I failed.
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I began to leave. A woman barked after me: “Corporate media. Look at him, he’s scared of us. Corporate media.” The assembled crowd murmured in agreement.
I wasn’t scared, but I was left stunned at the attitude of some of those present.'
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