SmallBizPod #5 Show Notes

Welcome to SmallBizPod #5 - 39 minutes of news, interviews and practical advice for small businesses, start-ups, entrepreneurs and anyone interested in investing in new enterprises. This week’s show is an election special and focuses on interviews with the small business spokespeople of the three major UK political parties.

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Summary

Intro:
• 00:00 Alex on what’s coming up in this week’s show.
• 01:35 How to contact SmallBizPod with your comments.

Features:
• 02:10 Interview with Brian Cotter, Liberal Democrat spokesperson on small business & enterprise
• 10:30 Interview with Henry Bellingham, Conservative shadow minister for small business
• 10:48 Interview with Nigel Griffiths, Minister for Small Business & Enterprise (Labour)

Outro:
• 33:15 News making a comeback
• 33:29 Electromancer.com
• 33:43 Music - Chris Rusu, Not Afraid To Love

Topics & Links

The following lists topics referred to in the show and includes links to websites, blogs and other information.

UK election, Brian Cotter, Liberal Democrats, Federation of Small Businesses, contested seats, business rates, £624 business rate reduction, deregulation, Department of Trade & Industry, abolition of DTI, chief secretary to the Treasury, regional support, Regional Development Agencies, local business support, tourism, agriculture, Small Business Service abolition, Hampton Review, Better Regulation Task Force, red tape reduction, sunset clauses, independent assessment of regulation, small business select committee, stable economy, boom and bust, interest rates, Bank of England, transparency on taxation, Euro referendum, Henry Bellingham, Conservative Party, marginal seats, losing the plot with the small business community, wealth creation, Major administration, over-regulation, big government, tax system, Michael Heseltine, John Major, 38 tax rises on business, capital gains tax, IR35, tax status of husbands and wives in limited companies, Action For Business, EU Social Chapter, agency workers directive, not joining the Euro, differential exchange rates, loss of sovereignty, dialogue with small businesses, henrybellingham@tiscali.co.uk, Nigel Griffiths, minister for small business and enterprise, economic stability, low interest rates, low mortgage rates, low unemployment, 4 million small businesses, British Chambers of Commerce, £38 billion cost of red tape, 51,690 regulations passed by Conservative administration, Patricia Hewitt, Gordon Brown, raising threshold of VAT and flat rate, simplification of Inland Revenue forms, Arculus report, Philip Hampton Review, cutting regulatory bodies and inspections, sunset clauses, Better Regulation Task Force, Bank of England, European Central Bank, interest rates, DTI and Small Business Service future, Small Business Service review of staffing, Whitehall, national insurance increases, Digby Jones, £10 billion lost each year due to sickness and absence, NHS, productivity, 1,000 businesses starting every day, enterprise culture, 4th largest economy in the world, enterprise education, Enterprise Week, bankruptcy, www.electromancer.com, Chris Rusu, Not Afraid To Love.