Marcus Jones MP gets award for small businesses support

On Friday 12 July 2013 Marcus Jones MP for Nuneaton was awarded the Best ‘Small Business Friendly’ MP award at the Federation of Small Businesses annual ‘Small Business Engagement’ lunch.

This Member of Parliament award looks at the MPs activity over a 12 month period, particularly their speeches made in Parliament that make reference to supporting Small Businesses. We had 2 clear contenders for this award both who spoke on SME issues over 10 times but we were pleased to announce that this year’s winner, with 16 speeches, was Marcus Jones MP for Nuneaton.

Our annual luncheon was also an opportunity to opportunity recognise council projects or initiatives that promote and champion local economic development in Coventry, Warwickshire & Solihull. At the event we issued three awards which focused on small business friendliness:

  •      Best ‘Small Business Friendly’ Programme or Campaign won by Rugby Borough Council
  • Best ‘Small Business Friendly’ Procurement Policy won by Coventry City Council
  • Best all round ‘Small Business Friendliness’ won by Warwickshire County Council

All our awards form part of the FSB’s Real-Life Entrepreneur Campaign, which was launched in 2011 to ensure that at every level of Government – national and local, entrepreneurs are viewed as potential wealth, growth and job creators of the future.

Ian O’Donnell, FSB Warwickshire and Coventry Chairman said:

 “The MP award is particularly important to the FSB as we know how hard MPs work to always fight for the small business cause when representing their constituency in parliament.  We were delighted with the number and range of speeches made by the MPs in the region that supported small business community, and very impressed that Marcus spoke 16 times in parliament about the issues faced by small firms”

Marcus Jones MP for Nuneaton said:

“I am flattered to receive this recognition from the FSB. Small businesses are the backbone of the economy and the people who run them are massive creators of sustainable jobs. That’s why I am always keen to support the cause of small firms in Parliament.”