Hitchin’s Member of Parliament Bim Afolami visited Fabio’s Gelato – a local business in Hitchin’s Market Place – to discuss support for small businesses.
Mr Afolami, recently elected to Parliament’s Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Select Committee – the powerful Parliamentary body which scrutinises the Government’s energy and business policies – was there to listen to local businessowners about the challenges facing small businesses in Hitchin and across the UK and to discuss how the Government could support them further.
Bim Afolami MP said,
“Fabio’s Gelato are a fantastic example of the kind of local small businesses that residents tell me they value so much in Hitchin. It was a pleasure to meet their team and discuss the challenges they – like so many small businesses – are facing at the moment. During the Covid pandemic, I worked closely with colleagues at the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and the Treasury to deliver support for small businesses in Hitchin, including the discretionary grant programme.
“I am keen to hear from as many local small businesses as possible to help to guide the work I am now doing to deliver further Government support. It is vitally important that the Government gets its package of support right to deliver for businesses in Hitchin & Harpenden and I will be working to ensure that local businesspeople get heard by Ministers.”
