Media and Communications Director at the Federation of Small Businesses. Former BBC Political Correspondent.
Joined August 2011
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Alan Soady retweeted
The @BBCr4today team never asks anyone to pay to appear on the show.
Please report any email offering you a slot in exchange for cash to the police - it is a scam!
We have been made aware of scam emails being sent purporting to be from a Today members of staff inviting authors onto the show for interview.
We want to make clear that our team would only ever send invitations to appear from a bbc .co.uk email address – and we would never ask people to pay to appear on the programme.
These emails have been referred to the BBC’s Corporate Investigations team.
Similar scam messages were covered in this recent edition of You And Yours:
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002wh…
Alan Soady retweeted
📻 Before entering your next business idea into an AI chatbot, wouldn't you want to know how it'll be used?
FSB's media director, @AlanSoady, tells @SimonConway on @LBCNews that small firms need clearer information about what AI platforms do with their prompts and data 👇
Alan Soady retweeted
💼 FSB’s Alan Soady tells @TomSwarbrick1 that plans to scrap day-one unfair dismissal rights and set a six-month qualifying period are welcome.
📢We led detailed discussions with the government because it was clear that part of the Employment Rights Bill would've had a huge impact on hiring.
Alan Soady retweeted
🐟 A £40,000 fine dished out by the Home Office to a fish and chip shop in Surrey for a genuine clerical error when conducting right-to-work checks is completely disproportionate, and could have led to the closure of the business.
📻 FSB's Alan Soady tells @JamesCannon66 on @BBCSurrey why the use of huge fines against well-intentioned small employers needs an urgent review 👇
Alan Soady retweeted
📣 SMALL BUSINESSES - we want your views on US import tariffs in our new survey.
🚢 Whether you trade directly with the US or you’re part of supply chains involving the US, your views are critical and will help shape our policy recommendations to Government on how to respond to US tariffs 📦
Take the survey now 🔗 unbrandedfsbbigvoice.uk/c/r/…
Alan Soady retweeted
Tariffs, national insurance, minimum wage, business rates, energy bills… Small businesses are facing a raft of increasing cost pressures. FSB’s Policy Chair @tinamckenz has been highlighting it @BBCRadio4 #youandyours – and explaining the impact on small business confidence and ability to grow. 📻⬇️
Alan Soady retweeted
📺 As the US tariffs on UK goods kick in, FSB’s Policy Chair @tinamckenz has been telling @BBCBreakfast it’ll be tough for the 60% of small exporters in the UK who have the US as a key market - and they can’t just pivot to other markets overnight 👇
#TrumpTariff
Alan Soady retweeted
After speculation about a rise in employer national insurance, the Chancellor needs to use this week’s Budget to show the Govt fully supports small businesses.
FSB’s @craigie_b has been telling @BBCBreakfast what hard-working small business owners want to see 📺
Alan Soady retweeted
📻We spoke to @ShelaghFogarty on @LBC today about the potential impacts of new employment measures on small businesses.
It's crucial that small firms aren't deterred from taking on new staff, which has knock-on effects on growth and investment.
What an incredibly sad, possibly ironic, wrap-around. I have no doubt of the financial pressures and changing lifestyle / news consumption habits leading to this going from a leading daily to a weekly publication, but still sad, not least for the talented journalists affected.
Happy 50th birthday @fsb_policy #FSB50
🎂FSB is celebrating its 50th anniversary of supporting and championing small businesses and the self-employed across the
UK.
🎊Thank you to Business and Trade Secretary @jreynoldsMP and Aldershot MP @Ms_Alex_Baker for wishing us happy birthday in Parliament.
#FSB50
Alan Soady retweeted
🎤 Small businesses and the self-employed: be part of the live General Election Small Business Debate on 17 June, 6pm. Book a place for in-person or online attendance now: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-gener…
You'll hear from, and be able to question: Kevin Hollinrake, Minister of State in the Department for Business and Trade @Conservatives; Jonathan Reynolds, Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade @UKLabour; Sarah Olney, Treasury and Business and Industrial Strategy spokesperson @LibDems.
Alan Soady retweeted
📺 Following the launch of our manifesto, FSB Policy Chair @tinamckenz sets out why all those seeking to form the next Government should show their commitment to the millions of voters who run their own businesses.
Read it here 🔗 fsb.org.uk/resources-page/fs…
#SmallBusinessManifesto
Alan Soady retweeted
🚨We've published the Manifesto for Small Businesses and the Self-Employed ahead of July's General Election, setting out what small businesses want to see from the next Government:
🔗 fsb.org.uk/static/82054790-2…
So many amazing small businesses shortlisted for tonight’s final. Good luck to all!!
Good luck to all the finalists at the FSB Celebrating Small Business Awards #FSBawards this evening.
It reminds me of a song by A-llama Morissette…
⚠️ Is wet weather any cause for a-llama on your wedding day? 🦙🦙🦙
And how does post-nuptial precipitation affect small business wedding venues?
We arranged for FSB member @CeliaFarm - and her llamas - to talk to @NinaWarhurst @BBCBreakfast 📺👀
Congratulations Martin!
I'm incredibly humbled to have attended the investiture by HRH the Prince of Wales @KensingtonRoyal to receive my OBE today at Windsor Castle.
Alan Soady retweeted
🗓️ OUT TODAY: Our latest Small Business Index survey #SBI for Q1 2024 found small business confidence returned to positive territory for the first time in two years 📈
📺 Our Chief of External Affairs @craigie_b spoke to @IanKingSky about what it means for small businesses 👇
Many thanks to @BBCSurrey for highlighting this important issue this morning and letting me have my two penneth (apols for the croaky cold voice!!)
Do the police take retail crime against small businesses seriously enough?
Yesterday we won our campaign to have a specific offence for violence against shop workers and owners.
But what about shoplifting? FSB’s Alan Soady has been talking to @BBCSurrey 🎙️⬇️
Alan Soady retweeted
🗣️ It was positive to hear the Chancellor explain how he'd listened to our calls to support small firms in today's #Budget2024.
➡️ There were welcome announcements including an increase in the #VAT threshold, a cut in self-employed National Insurance Contributions #NICs, and an extension of the Recovery Loan Scheme.