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Monday, 28 January 2008

The Federation of Small Businesses Scotland has written to Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth John Swinney to outline its recommendations for an accelerated Small Business Bonus. 

In particular, FSB Scotland has called for the Finance Secretary to ‘front-load’ the scheme by moving directly to year two from this April.     

Policy convener Andy Willox said: "Because of the funding constraints, such as the decision taken by Parliament to spend over half a billion pounds on the Edinburgh tram scheme, there is no way the Small Business Bonus will be introduced in full from April 2008 as some late converts have called for. 

"The priority for us is to reduce the timescale from three to two years and to ensure that the smallest businesses benefit the most - a move we believe would be popular inside the Scottish Parliament and across Scotland’s small business community." 

FSB Scotland has also recommended the Scottish Government commission an independent economic impact assessment to measure the impact the policy has on growing the economy.

"The only half-criticism of the policy is that there is little information about what effect this will have on growing the Scottish economy. Every business person I have spoken to have said they will reinvest any saving back into the business, which will give Scotland’s small businesses a competitive advantage and help them to deal with growing uncertainty in the global economy," Willox said.

"We know this will contribute to economic growth, but it would be useful to get the facts and figures about what the scheme is doing to stimulate faster economic growth, which is why we have recommended that the Finance Secretary commission an economic impact assessment to provide facts and figures which demonstrate exactly how successful this policy has been."
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