Government plans to bin red tape to help SMEs thrive

Posted on 18 Mar 2011 by The Manufacturer

In a speech to the Federation of Small Businesses in Liverpool today, Mark Prisk revealed the Government’s plans for measures that will allow businesses to grow.

They include a public audit of almost 22,000 statutory instruments that are currently on the statute book and a moratorium to exempt businesses with fewer than ten employees and genuine start-ups from new domestic regulation for three years. For the public audit, the legislation will be grouped into themes on a dedicated website and businesses…

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