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Small Businesses Think Finance
8th February 2008
Over 150,000 small businesses in Scotland, who are to have their business rates slashed, are to benefit from a dedicated finance event being held in the wake of yesterday’s Budget announcement.
SMEs across Scotland are signing up to Think Finance, sponsored by the Royal Bank of Scotland (20th March 08, Glasgow Hilton Hotel) – a half day event aimed at giving small businesses financial strength. With seminars ranging from how to make the most of the 2014 Commonwealth Games to the seven deadliest sins of finance and how to avoid them, Think Finance is aimed at getting right to the heart of the survival and growth of any business.
For businesses from all across the country - from new start companies planning to take advantage of Scotland’s support for business to established businesses looking for funding to expand to the next level - Think Finance is set to be the most needed business event of 2008.
During February, online registration for this must attend event is free at www.think-finance.net
The news of the event comes after measures passed in the SNP minority administration’s first Budget mean that 120,000 of Scotland’s smallest businesses will be exempted from business rates from April 2009, a year earlier than expected as the Government agrees to fast track the implementation of the scheme by going directly to year two in April 2008.
A further 30,000 will benefit from reductions of between 25% and 50%.
Commenting on the Budget, Finance Secretary John Swinney, said: "I have confidence in Scotland's wealth creators and know that this unprecedented investment in their growth and success will spur them on to deliver new opportunities, new employment and new ventures in towns, villages and cities across Scotland.”
The rates concessions are a major victory for the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Scotland who called for a more generous rates relief scheme ahead of the Scottish Parliament election in May 2007.
"Our small businesses form the lifeblood of Scotland's communities and this government stands behind them."
Commenting after the debate Andrew Watson, chief spokesman for FSB Scotland, said: “Overnight, Scotland will become one of most attractive places to start up or grow a business, and that will have a huge impact on Scottish economic growth over the lifetime of this Parliament.”
"This announcement will have a substantial and significant impact on the cashflow of tens of thousands of small businesses. Each of the 150,000 businesses eligible for the Small Business Bonus will receive a larger reduction in business rates than they were expecting.”
Think Finance – and think how it could change your business for the better.
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