On 7th December 2024, I celebrated Small Business Saturday by visiting some of Ipswich's favourite businesses.
We are so fortunate here in Ipswich to have such a wealth of small and independent businesses that contribute so much to our town.
The Government has already begun to deliver the change that small businesses were crying out for, by making our high streets safe and vibrant again - tackling violence against shop workers and cracking down on anti-social behaviour - and giving councils greater powers to regenerate struggling town centres.
The recent Budget also exempted hundreds of thousands of small businesses from paying any employer National Insurance contributions and announced a permanent business rates cut for shops, pubs and restaurants.
It was great to visit businesses across our town on Small Business Saturday, and I will continue to work in partnership with them to make Ipswich a better place to work, innovate and invest.
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