Events and Networking
Blaby Business Lunch: Autumn Budget Briefing
Wednesday 4 November 2026, 12pm to 2pm Leicester Marriott Hotel, Smith Way, Grove Park, Enderby, Leicester LE19 1SW. The Chancellor delivers the Autumn Budget on Wednesday 28 October. By the following week, you’ll have heard the headlines, but what do they actually mean for your business?
Join us for our Business Lunch, delivered by Blaby District Council in partnership with the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), for a practical briefing on the Budget outcomes and what they mean for small businesses like yours.
Your speaker
Bev Wakefield, FSB East Midlands Member Representative. Bev is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Adviser, and founder of Vibrant Accountancy.
She also hosts the Beyond the Numbers podcast and created the Vibrant Supper Club, bringing business owners together for honest conversations about growth, leadership, money and the realities of running a business.
Bev will share the key outcomes of the 2026 Budget and what they mean for small businesses and the self employed, to help you plan for the year ahead.
What we’ll cover
- The Budget announcements that matter most to small businesses
- What the changes could mean for your costs, tax and staff
- How to start planning for the year ahead Your questions answered in an open Q&A
About FSB
The Federation of Small Businesses is the UK’s leading small business organisation, with over 150,000 members. It campaigns on behalf of small businesses and the self employed, particularly around the Budget, and provides members with support and advice on legal, tax, employment and finance matters. Members of the local FSB team will be at the event if you’d like to find out more.
Digital Boost (linked below) has been created to provide much-needed digital support for small organisations. The platform is founded by Founders4Schools and BCG Digital Ventures, with support from DCMS.
The platform hosts a community of digital experts who offer one-to-one digital support to small businesses and charities free of charge to help them improve their digital capability to grow and prosper.
The Digital Growth Programme is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund, the East Midlands Chamber and Leicestershire County Council. This scheme is designed to help SMEs in Leicester and Leicestershire embrace new digital technology to improve productivity to aid growth.
See the link below.
Bev Wakefield, FSB East Midlands Member Representative