It was great to support Small Business Saturday this year. Now in its 10th Anniversary, the Small Business Saturday campaign encourages people to ‘shop local’ and support businesses in their communities. According to the Federation of Small Businesses, SMEs make up 99% of the business population in the UK […]
On Friday I hosted a roundtable meeting with the East Midlands Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) – a really important opportunity to hear directly from businesses based in Leicester West about the economic and supply-chain challenges they’re facing, and the support they need in order to plan for growth in […]
Brilliant visit on Friday to Leicester’s new Barclays/De Montfort University ‘Eagle Lab’, which is helping entrepreneurs and start-ups in the city to innovate and grow. It was great to meet and speak to some of the exciting, innovative new businesses already based there – like the fantastic Stokbox, which is […]