Thursday, April 30, 2009
Government minister listens to concerns of Kemp Town traders
Jonathan Shaw MP, Minister for the South East and Minister for the disabled in the Department for Work and Pensions joined Simon Burgess, Labour's candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven and local business people from the St James' Street area in R-Bar to discuss how best to tackle the current downturn in business caused by the credit crunch.Biggest complaint from businesses was the lack of support from the local council and joined up thinking between council departments. Concerns were raised about the amount of influence conservation pressure groups had in the city and how it was holding back business investment in the St James' Area.
The Minister highlighted the work being done by the government to get the economy working especially the £250 million pounds the Royal Bank of Scotland have made available to give loans to small businesses.
