As part of the 'Supporting Small Business' campaign, the Prime Minister has announced that 12 Conservative MPs are to become 'small business ambassadors' across the UK. Led by skills minister Matthew Hancock MP, the Conservative Small Business Champion, the politicians will represent small companies across the UK and in government.
Anne Marie will act as Small Business Ambassador for the South West, listening to their concerns and passing them directly back to the Prime Minister.
Prime Minister David Cameron said:
“Conservatives understand how crucial small businesses are to the British economy and our recovery. That’s why we have improved every part of the life-cycle of a small business – helping businesses set up, making it easier to grow, removing red tape and assisting businesses to export. We are on the side of those who want to work hard and get on in life. Nothing represents this aspiration more than British small business owners.
“I have appointed Matthew Hancock as the Party’s Small Business Champion and twelve business-savvy MPs from around the country as the Party’s Small Business Ambassadors. With this team we will be able to create greater awareness of Government offers and listen to the business community so that we can continue to improve what we are already doing.”
The 12 MPs who have been selected are:
- South West: Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot)
- North: Stephen Mosley (Chester)
- North: Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood)
- Yorkshire: Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon)
- Midlands: Marcus Jones (Nuneaton)
- East: Richard Fuller (Bedford).
- East: Brooks Newmark (Braintree)
- South East: Damian Collins (Folkestone)
- South: Caroline Dinenage (Gosport)
- Wales: Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan)
- West: John Penrose (Weston Super Mare)
- London: Mary Macleod (Brentwood and Isleworth)
If you want to find out more about what the Conservatives are doing to support small business then click here