#CumbriaHour top tweets
Last updated at 16:09, Tuesday, 26 February 2013
The topic for this week's #CumbriaHour on Twitter was: 'how can this government help small businesses?'
Here is a selection of the best tweets from this week. A heated debate about how government can help Cumbrian small businesses lead to many suggesting that less red tape and hoops to jump through would help.
Next week sees #CumbriaHour focus on 'hints and tips to stay motivated and focused in your business/job'.
#CumbriaHour is an online networking event which takes place every Monday from 7-8pm on Twitter.
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@vincecable Topic for #cumbriahour tonight 7to8pm is "How can this Govt help small businesses", might be of interest to you.
— #cumbriahour (@MastersMich) February 25, 2013
#cumbriahour Government's best help? I suggest LESS involvement with Small Business! Less red tape. Less regulation!
— Andrew J Titcombe (@andrewjtitcombe) February 25, 2013
Maybe this Government should look at setting up niche mentoring to help biz in the first 2 years, but the mentors need paying. #cumbriahour
— #cumbriahour (@MastersMich) February 25, 2013
#cumbriahour grants cost too much to administer and never get to the right places, IMO more effective to drop money from a helicopter!
— Martin Gott (@st_jamescheese) February 25, 2013
#cumbriahour We've just received £1.8million to lend to small Cumbrian businesses of all sizes, we also support businesses as much as we can
— Enterprise Answers (@EnterpriseAns) February 25, 2013
Gov should encourage streamlining & simplification of HMRC and Companies House accounting requirements to reduce burden on SMEs #cumbriahour
— Red Crag Limited (@redcrag) February 25, 2013
#cumbriahour recently applied for grant to help with our expansion. But unfortantly the govement put too many hoops to jump through.
— Pure Effect- Cumbria (@Pure_Effect) February 25, 2013
Next week's topic is Hints and tips to stay motivated and focused in your business/job #cumbriahour Pls RT & favourite
— #cumbriahour (@MastersMich) February 25, 2013
First published at 13:45, Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Published by http://www.in-cumbria.com
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Many hoops too jump through many pieces of red tape - do people need less of this or more help doing it?
Posted by jamier on 26 February 2013 at 17:02