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The IPT Blog is a forum for the Trust and its supporters (business people, parliamentarians and other stakeholders) to share their experiences and views. While the IPT encourages full, open and frank discussion: all views expressed on the IPT blog are those of the individual posting the message and not the IPT. The Trust operates a non-discriminatory, non-partisan and non-lobbying policy. Any offensive or inaccurate posts will be subject to editing or removal.

PPCs' Business Backgrounds: An Analysis

By iptadmin iptadmin on 8/12/2011 12:35 PM

This research was commissioned by the IPT to follow up on a previous joint IPT-ComRes report of April 2008, Do our lawmakers understand business? (Research available below)

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Do our lawmakers understand business?

By iptadmin iptadmin on 8/12/2011 12:28 PM

A new study conducted by ComRes, in partnership with the IPT, has found that on average, 9% of the main UK and pan European legislative bodies have more than ten years business experience. The average proportion of politicians with five years such experience or more is 13%.

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The Challenges Facing UK SMEs

By iptadmin iptadmin on 8/12/2011 12:22 PM

On Wednesday 29 October 2008, the IPT, in association with PricewaterhouseCoopers, hosted a cross-party panel discussion in the Houses of Parliament focusing on the current and future challenges facing UK SMEs.

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