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Responding to the announcement that the number of underlying company insolvencies in Q2 2019 increased by 2.6% to the highest level since Q1 2014 in England and Wales, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Policy & Advocacy Chairman Martin McTague, said:
A new Wellbeing in Small Business Award is amongst the FSB Celebrating Small Business Awards 2020 that open for entries from 1 August. The award will recognise and celebrate the smaller firms that are demonstrating initiatives and practices that prioritise wellbeing and health in the workplace to help drive the UK's productivity.
Responding to the announcement of three fresh Santander bank branch closures in Hertfordshire, area leader for the Federation of Small Business (FSB) in Hertfordshire, Pam Charman,said: "When a community loses a bank branch, that can have a number of impacts on local small firms: lost access to vital cash deposit and withdrawal facilities, reduced access to finance and a drop in shopper footfall.
