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Small firms 'not strong enough to employ IT contractors'
Small firms are still not in a strong enough position to take on more IT contractors, it has been claimed.
The number of unemployed people in the UK has now reached 2.5 million while the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) reports that small to medium-sized businesses (SMEs) have not recovered from the recession.
In the organisation's Voice of Small Business Index survey, 63 per cent of the 1,400 firms polled said they would not be employing staff over the next three months at least.
SMEs are showing slight signs of growth, but recovery is still fragile, the FSB claims.
"The FSB is calling for a renewed economic stimulus to help small businesses continue to create jobs, get access to crucial finance, innovate and start up new businesses, to get us squarely on the road to recovery," said John Walker, national chairman of the FSB.
According to research from Aviva, lack of cash flow is the biggest worry for SMEs in 2010.
The number of unemployed people in the UK has now reached 2.5 million while the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) reports that small to medium-sized businesses (SMEs) have not recovered from the recession.
In the organisation's Voice of Small Business Index survey, 63 per cent of the 1,400 firms polled said they would not be employing staff over the next three months at least.
SMEs are showing slight signs of growth, but recovery is still fragile, the FSB claims.
"The FSB is calling for a renewed economic stimulus to help small businesses continue to create jobs, get access to crucial finance, innovate and start up new businesses, to get us squarely on the road to recovery," said John Walker, national chairman of the FSB.
According to research from Aviva, lack of cash flow is the biggest worry for SMEs in 2010.
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