Billericay Member of Parliament John Baron is to host a Business Breakfast Briefing with Shadow Small Business Minister Mark Prisk at Barleylands Farm in Billericay on Thursday 20 March 2008.
The event is being supported by the FSB (Federation of Small Businesses) with Deputy Head of Press and Parliamentary Affairs from the FSB's London office Andrew Cave.
Chairman of South Essex Branch of the FSB Mr Austen Horrex, said: "There are a number of issues challenging small businesses in Billericay at the moment not least the low take up of Small Business Rate Relief which can save a firm up to £3,500 a year off its rates bill - Basildon Council is the only local authority in Essex where the take up of such relief has fallen in the last two years and we want to see that trend reversed and have had good support from John Baron for that campaign.
"We will also be taking this opportunity to discuss with the Shadow Small Business Minister our Keep Trade Local campaign and our concerns regarding delays in issuing VAT registration details to businesses.
"Holding a Business Breakfast Briefing of this type specifically for the small business community is a great idea and one we hope other Essex MPs will follow as we believe it is important they know the concerns of the small businesses in their community.
"We congratulate Mr Baron on this imitative and look forward to working with him on issues of mutual interest to his constituents and FSB members."
More information on the Small Business Rate Relief Scheme is available at www.fsb.org.uk/essex.
The FSB represents more than 213,000 business people across the United Kingdom and is the largest single organisation representing business interests in the country.
The South Essex Branch of the FSB represents the interest of small businesses in the following postcode areas - CM11, CM12 and SS11, SS12, SS13, SS14, SS15 and SS16 that include Basildon, Billericay and Wickford.
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