Firms ‘depressed’ over outlook
4:15pm Tuesday 23rd March 2010 in Business News
MORE than a third of all small businesses in Bolton believe that none of the mainstream political parties represent their interests in Westminster, according to research released by Make It Cheaper, the business price comparison service.
The research found that the Prime Minster Gordon Brown has the support of less than a fifth of small firms with nearly half describing their outlook for the forthcoming financial year as depressing with no sign of their business picking up.
Sixty-four per cent of small business owners would make it their first priority to institute better tax breaks for small businesses if they were Prime Minister. And 32 per cent said they would lower the cost of employing people while 15 per cent said they would pass a law to shorten payment terms.
