William Hague meets with leading business representatives at EMB Ltd

William Hague MP visited Derby to meet with local businesses to discuss the help available to them and the issues they face in the current economic climate.

Mr Hague is MP for Richmond (Yorks), Shadow Foreign Secretary and Senior Member of the Shadow Cabinet.

He spent time with the management team of EMB Ltd, the organisation that delivers the regional Business Link service in the East Midlands under contract to emda, and was interested to learn more about the challenges confronting businesses in the region.

Stephen Smith, Chief Executive of EMB Ltd said he welcomed Mr Hague and was delighted that the East Midlands had been chosen for such a high profile visit.  "William Hague's visit underlines EMB's commitment to the region and its position as a proven deliverer of high quality services. He took part in a question and answer session and discussion with a number of local businesses. This was a great opportunity for these local companies to put their views across and to talk about the current economic climate and its effects on business. Both EMB and the businesses Mr Hague met valued the time he spent here."

Nick Pancisi, Director of East Midlands business, MX Display Solutions said, "It was a good opportunity to meet with a senior member of the Shadow Cabinet to discuss issues on what its like for small businesses at the moment. I have regularly used the Government funded Business Link service and found it really helpful but there is still more that could be done to create the right environment to encourage entrepreneurs to flourish."

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