Merlin 🎇 Griffiths

STRIKE. 💥🦅

Ppl who grew up without smartphones. What did you do when you were bored?

Breathtakingly stupid and ignorant statement from the government’s Entrepreneurship Champion. "We don’t need any more restaurants. I’m not anti-hospitality but that’s not where my efforts are." She says. I started my own estate agency business (hardly curing cancer, you might say) in 1992, but the fact we worked harder and charged less meant the established businesses had to do the same or die. This drove down prices and drove up service. Good for consumers and the wider economy. We grew and grew but suffered the same challenges from other new entrants. We had to raise our game constantly. This is also good for workers and new businesses equals new opportunities. Our network ended up with 1000 employees, supported all the families that relied on them and paid millions in tax. This is how competition works (also called the supply side of the economy). We should make it as easy as possible for all sectors to grow as this grows the economy, job opportunities, consumer choice, the tax take and funds our public services. We should value every single entrepreneur/risk-taker who bets their own hard earned money on a new or growing venture.