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UK government urged to do more for SMEs.

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The UK government's policies to kick-start growth and incentivise job creation are too timid and out of touch with the reality of the UK's sluggish economy, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has said.

The FSB is warning that while the government has adopted many policies that will help small firms, which have been put at the heart of the UK's economic recovery plans, few, if any of them, go far enough to tackle the problems they face and belong to a time when unemployment was lower and spending on the high street higher.

FSB research revealed that 37 per cent of small businesses say insufficient work and uncertainty over contracts are preventing them from employing staff. Meanwhile, more than 30 per cent cited the state of the economy or cash flow as reasons for slow job creation.

The FSB is calling on the government to help small businesses employ more apprentices and interns by...

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