Conservatives are good for business
Northampton South MP Brian Binley has welcomed a survey released by EBay, which reveals that online firms overwhelmingly believe the Conservatives have the best policies for small businesses.
The Online Business Index - a quarterly survey of companies trading on the internet - looked at the views of 507 small to medium sized businesses. According to the findings, 67 per cent of online firms think the Conservatives have the best policies for small businesses, compared to only 18 per cent for Labour and just four per cent for the Lib Dems.
These findings come despite evidence that online businesses have escaped the worst of the recession – 68% are confident about the future, 69% expect rising sales over the coming months, and 77% expect to grow or maintain profit margins.
Said Mr Binley: "This survey just underlines what I have been saying for a long time: that the Government just does not understand business, especially the SME sector, and what makes it tick.
Labour has been a burden and a handicap on business that we can no longer afford. Labour Britain is more bureaucratic than anything we have ever known, and all of us feel it in our daily lives. Businesses, in particular small businesses, have endured more than their fair share of it.
"Gordon Brown and his Chancellor have continually ignored the cries of the small business community since the first signs of recession started to set in, and have done absolutely nothing to help them, support them or encourage them. As a result, many people have seen years of honest endeavour go to ruin, and with that, a lot of people have lost their jobs because of it.
"I am very encouraged that the SME’s have not only taken notice of what the Conservative Party is saying about helping small businesses, but liking what it sees and hears.
"We will have to create the right environment for businesses, large and small, to grow. If we do, then we will provide the growth, the tax revenues, the jobs and prosperity which come with it. That is how to get the country out of trouble.
"Small businesses are the future prosperity of this country, and a Conservative Government will treat them with the respect they deserve."