Tony Chapman, finance director of specialist motorcycle insurance broker Devitt, and 20 of his colleagues in the insurance industry were among the 5000 small and medium-sized businesses to sign a letter supporting the Conservative Party at the forthcoming general election.
This letter, published in the Daily Telegraph, expressed the view that a change in government would be far too risky and undo the good work of the past five years. Signatories pointed out that they run smaller businesses across the country, work hard, make sacrifices and invest their own money to help their firms grow and succeed.
Among other messages, the letter said: “This Conservative-led government has been genuinely committed to making sure Britain is open for business. They’ve managed to get the economy moving again by tackling the deficit, helping to keep interest rates low and inflation down. We’ve been helped by their steps to lower taxes, reduce red tape, simplify employment law and get the banks lending.”