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Federation of
Small Businesses AGMs to take place in Liverpool
LIVERPOOL branch and region
AGMs to focus on research into what makes an entrepreneur; and
local and national policy following 10 Downing Street meeting
The Federation of Small Businesses is to hold its regional and
Liverpool and Knowsley branch AGMs on Monday, 25 November 2014 at
the Liner Hotel, Lord Nelson Street, Liverpool.
In addition to local member activists and John Allan, the FSB's
National Chairman, who is also Chairman of the Sefton and Ormskirk
branch, present at the meeting will be Federation's
Westminster-based Policy Advisor Priyen Patel and Liverpool John
Moores University's (LJMU's) Cath Groves, a Senior Lecturer at the
university's business school.
Cath will speak about her research into what makes a successful
entrepreneur; including why some businesses succeed and other fail
to thrive.
Priyen will provide members with an update on the FSB's national
campaigns and lobbying activities following a recent trip to 10
Downing Street by 2 prominent local members.
On Tuesday, 19 November 2013, Merseyside, West Cheshire and Wigan Chairman
Elaine Moore and Sefton and Ormskirk branch member Kate Hayes were
part of a group of more than 20 FSB representatives who visited 10
Downing Street to discuss business issues with key advisors to the
Prime Minister, David Cameron. The meeting focused on a number of
areas including late payments, energy, access to finance and
broadband.
The Liverpool and Knowsley AGM will begin at 7pm and will be
followed by the Merseyside, West Cheshire and Wigan regional AGM.
Phil McCabe, Development Manager for the region, said:-
"Alongside the business of electing member activists to the branch
and regional committees, the AGMs in Liverpool will offer insights
into what is happening on the ground locally and nationally to
support small businesses in Liverpool City Region and across the
country across all sectors. I look forward to welcoming
entrepreneurs to a stimulating and informative evening."
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TROUBLED
FAMILIES PROGRAMME ON TRACK
THE government's ambition
to turn around the lives of 19,000 troubled families in the North
West is on track at its half way stage, Communities Secretary Eric
Pickles said.
New figures from the Department for Communities and Local Government
showed that 18 months in to the 3-year programme over 10,000
families are being worked with in the region, and over 4,000 have
been turned around.
Across England, the government is aiming to turn around the lives of
120,000 families, with children back in school, levels of youth
crime and anti-social behaviour significantly reduced, and over
1,400 adults from some of England's hardest-to-help households now
in continuous work.
Nationally, 62,000 families are being worked with and the lives of
over 22,000 have been turned around. The statistics also
showed that 92,000 families; over three quarters of the 120,000;
have now been identified by Councils as meeting the criteria for the
payment-by-results programme.
Progress is being made right across the country. Wandsworth is
working with 90% of its troubled families and Newcastle is working
with 80%, while Wakefield has already turned more than half of its
930 troubled families around and Leicestershire almost half of its
810.
Eric Pickles said:- "I am delighted that our programme is
already helping half of our target of 120,000 troubled families at
its midway stage. Councils are making great strides in a very short space of time,
dealing with families that have often had problems and created
serious issues in their communities for generations. These
results show that these problems can be dealt with through a no
nonsense and common sense approach, bringing down costs to the
taxpayer at the same time."
Head of the Troubled Families programme Louise Casey CB said:-
"This programme is getting to grips with families who for too
long have been have been allowed to be caught up in a cycle of
despair. These results show that a tough, intensive, but
supportive approach that has a big impact; giving hope and
opportunity to the families and respite to the communities around
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