Dear Miss Meakin,

Welcome to the latest edition of the FPB’s eNewsletter!

With the weight of our members behind us, we have negotiated deals that can save your business money. This week, we focus on great tips and offers designed to cut your costs and boost your bottom line.

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We are now over halfway through the year, but there is still time to see how you are doing against any cost plans you set yourself for 2007. It's not yet too late to make adjustments if you are running ahead or behind plan, and it’s never too early to start planning for 2008.

Not all overhead costs are bad, but how do you ensure cost control and value for money? To help you with this task, read through our top tips.

Would you like the opportunity to feed your experiences and priorities in at the top and shape the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform's (DBERR) enterprise strategy? John Hutton, Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform will be visiting the regions to gauge the opinions of small-business owners and the FPB is inviting members to attend.

Click here for more information and to find out what else our campaigns team have been working on this week.

Did you know that you could place a member offer in two issues of this newsletter for as little as £95? With more than 15,500 subscribers, your business can reach a massive potential audience for a minimal outlay. To find out more, click here.

The FPB says that its thousands of members running small and medium-sized businesses across the UK will be outraged by revelations, in an official study, that a majority of big companies paid little or no Corporation Tax in the 2005-6 financial year.

The FPB has stressed the need for smaller companies to shop around for the best deal following the announcement of plans by the Competition Commission to lift price controls on the UK's four largest banks.