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SME4Labour Articles

Time for a business rates alternative

Which one of Labour's ideas for business will the Tories pinch next, asks Ibrahim Dogus Small and medium-sized enterprises are already facing an unprecedented set of challenges with Brexit looming and all the instability associated with it. Prices are rising,...

Disaster for small business

The increase to national insurance contributions in this year's budget is yet another Tory assault on small businesses and entrepreneurs, writes Ibrahim Dogus This week's budget has proven to be the disaster for innovative, small businesses that many had feared. Once...

Tory rate hikes are killing SMEs

Philip Hammond's devastating business rate hikes should put to bed the myth that the Tories are the party of small businesses, argues Ibrahim Dogus The news of catastrophic business rate hikes should put to bed once and for all the myth that the Tory party is somehow...

Only Labour can save SMEs

Labour must defend small and medium-sized businesses from hikes in business rates, argues Ibrahim Dogus Small businesses in London are to be further burdened with a new hike in business rates. This is going to be a massive blow to the capital’s small businesses,...