The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) warmly welcomes the Government’s announcement that restaurants and bars will no longer be able to pay below the minimum wage and make up the difference using employee’s tips.

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has joined forces with ASC Finance for Business to help small businesses beat the credit crunch. Small businesses are being urged to follow five top tips to cope with the credit squeeze and protect their businesses as the economy slows.

Large companies are exploiting small businesses by delaying invoice payments and imposing new terms and settlement fees on owners, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) can reveal.

Communities in North and East Hampshire can now influence their local Safer Neighbourhoods teams’ priorities in a few clicks, with a new postcode search which is now live on the force website www.hampshire.police.uk

Every beat within the North and East Operational Command Unit has a dedicated Safer Neighbourhoods Team web page which includes their name and photograph, information on the community priorities, details of beat surgeries and a range of methods to use to contact the team.

In a bid to save small businesses from being driven out of the UK’s high streets, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is urging the government to support its Keep Trade Local campaign.

Officers in North and East Hampshire confiscated more than 350 bottles and cans of alcohol during a month long crack down on underage drinking and anti-social behaviour. The operation was carried out on four Friday evenings during June across the North and East Operational Command Unit by more than 100 officers.