Prisk to speak up for small business

by Susie Hughes at 10:06 13/12/05 (News on Business)

Small businesses have a new political champion with the appointment of Mark Prisk MP as the new Shadow Minister for Small Business and Enterprise.

Mark Prisk MP Mark Prisk is a familiar name to readers of Shout99 and has been actively involved in campaigns for small businesses since becoming MP for Hertford and Stortford in 2001. He will be working closely with Alan Duncan MP , Shadow Secretary of State for the Department of Trade & Industry. Mr. Prisk, 43, is a Chartered Surveyor and ran his own business consultancy for ten years before entering Parliament. Since then he has actively promoted the cause of small businesses and the self employed; is the Treasurer of the all-party Parliamentary Small Business Group; is Vice President of the Small Business Bureau; and is President of his own constituency business group, the Westminster Club. Mr. Prisk said: "I'm delighted to have this chance to speak up for the self-employed and small businesses. Having been self-employed for a decade, before being elected to Parliament, I know what's involved, and how important small businesses are to our economy and our communities. I believe that Gordon Brown is holding enterprise back in this country and that it's time we changed how small businesses are treated. It's time to free enterprise." Advertisement He has already made his mark on behalf of small businesses in a number of political debates. During the Finance Bill debate, he told the Government he had 'grown despairing of their attitude to the self-employed' citing its U-turn on the zero rate corporation tax and criticising Dawn Primarolo for her part in the introduction of IR35. (See: Mark Prisk makes the case for small business - Shout99, April 2005). He has also actively campaigned against the confusion caused by the implementation of Section 660, the so-called married couple's business tax. -- If you wish to comment on this article, please log in and use the Reply button below. Registering is free and easy - see 'Join Shout99'. - Susie Hughes © Shout99.com

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