Budget: Small Businesses Need To Adapt

On 22nd April, Alastair Darling delivered the most important budget in the past half a century. Apart from the inclusion of a promise of universal broadband, the IT community was not impressed.

With banks refusing to lend, cashflow being squeezed and export markets under pressure, all businesses are looking forward to a rocky time. But what does the budget mean for small businesses?

In this video analysis from smallbusinessadvice.tv, the British Chambers of Commerce director general David Frost joins a panel with Shadow Business Minister Mark Prisk MP, and James Norvill, managing director of eWaste form GD Environmental budget to figure out what the effect will be.

The show is presented by Sky News and BBC contributor Ian Collins.

Click here to watch it.

Peter Judge

Peter Judge has been involved with tech B2B publishing in the UK for many years, working at Ziff-Davis, ZDNet, IDG and Reed. His main interests are networking security, mobility and cloud

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