Small businesses to question Strictly Come Dancing star

Small business owners will get the chance to question former political journalist and Strictly Come Dancing celebrity John Sergeant. The star will be chairing a Question Time debate in March at the Federation of Small Businesses' (FSB) Annual Conference.

The Question Time panel will also feature Labour MP Anne Begg, Conservative MSP Derek Brownlee, Liberal Democrat MP Sir Robert Smith, Scottish Nationalist Party MSP Jim Mather and the FSB's UK policy chairman John Walker.

The panel will be answering questions from small business owners on issues such as the ways each political party plans to support small businesses as a result of the effects of the recession.

The FSB Annual Conference will take place from March 18th-20th at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre.

John Wright, national chairman of the FSB, said: "Small businesses will be key to the [economic] recovery. They provide vital revenue and employment to the UK economy and will be the job creators in years to come." He said it was therefore vital that their opinions were heard by policy makers.
Lord Mandelson and first minister of Scotland Alex Salmond will also be speaking at the conference.

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