{"id":3326,"date":"2010-05-20T07:30:31","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T06:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.easyoffices.com\/?p=3326"},"modified":"2010-05-20T07:30:31","modified_gmt":"2010-05-20T06:30:31","slug":"serviced-offices-key-to-growth-of-uk-smes-says-leading-economist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.easyoffices.com\/blog\/business-advice-and-news\/serviced-offices-key-to-growth-of-uk-smes-says-leading-economist","title":{"rendered":"Serviced Offices Key to Growth of UK SMEs Says Leading Economist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Serviced Offices\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easyoffices.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Serviced offices<\/a> can be key in helping to build a firm foundation for the growth of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK, leading economist Justin Urquhart Stewart told the annual conference of the Business Centre Association in London earlier this week.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The other two elements essential to the healthy development of SMEs, he said, are bank lending and tax incentives. &#8220;If these elements can be sorted out, SMEs can grow and prosper but to create seedlings, we need seedbeds.&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Justin pointed out that SMEs were the second biggest group of employers in the UK, after the public sector, and while the number of employees in individual companies might be small, &#8220;half a million businesses employing four people actually represents a lot of people&#8220;, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Justin argued that this group needed government support if it is to develop, including the rationalisation of tax breaks. &#8220;Enterprise investment schemes and venture capital trusts are perfectly OK but they have been around for years and we need a fresh approach,&#8220; he said. &#8220;In relation to capital gains tax, risk takers should get a fair reward for putting capital up, and there should also be a suspension of the administrative burden associated with tax, which is preventing spending in new markets.&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>The lack of liquidity in the market was a recurring theme in Justin&#8217;s presentation. 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