Lewis speaks with Matthew Jaffa, from The Federation of Small Businesses.

Matthew heads up the London-external affairs, part of his day-to-day role includes lobbying the GLA mayor’s offices, to engaging members of parliament in London, to setting up events with his team for over 7000 members of small/micro businesses across London, and doing the press of public affairs.

In this episode, they talk about the current issues within small/micro businesses, that includes commercial and business rates, the impact of hiring an apprentice, positive and negatives of the virtual offices/working remotely, work-life-balance and dealing with Brexit.