{"id":217,"date":"2023-03-03T14:42:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T14:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simplybusiness.co.uk\/about-us\/press-releases\/small-business-ambassador\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T11:18:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T11:18:59","slug":"small-business-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.simplybusiness.co.uk\/about-us\/press-releases\/small-business-ambassador\/","title":{"rendered":"Baroness Karren Brady CBE enters year-long partnership with Simply Business to support the success of UK SMEs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Baroness Karren Brady CBE enters year-long partnership with Simply Business to support the success of UK SMEs<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Baroness Karren Brady CBE enters year-long partnership with Simply Business to support the success of UK SMEs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Simply Business, one of the UK\u2019s biggest providers of small business insurance, has announced a year-long partnership with Baroness Karren Brady CBE, as the company\u2019s first ever Small Business Ambassador.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baroness Brady will work alongside Simply Business to help raise the profile of the challenges facing small businesses and SMEs across the UK. The cost of living crisis, rising energy prices, and soaring inflations have all had a concerning and long-lasting impact on UK small businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The partnership will also see Karren offer the likes of exclusive mentoring sessions, and free webinars to Simply Business customers to support the success of the self-employed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karren is the Vice Chairman of West Ham United Football Club, and features on BBC\u2019s The Apprentice. She is one of the UK’s leading female business speakers, a TV Personality, a best selling author and columnist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2013, she was awarded a CBE for her contribution to women in business and entrepreneurship; and the following August she became a Peer in the House of Lords taking the title Baroness Brady of Knightsbridge CBE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recent research by Simply Business revealed the key challenges and concerns facing SME owners in the new year. Over four in five (81%) small business owners are worried how the cost of living crisis is affecting their business, with a quarter (26%) worried they simply won\u2019t be able to pay their bills in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is at a time when many are still in recovery mode. Over two years on, one in six still believe that they will never financially recover from the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baroness Brady has been working with small businesses for over a decade and was appointed as the UK government\u2019s small business advisor by then Prime Minister, David Cameron, in 2013. Karren regularly meets with small business owners, and will continue to do this within her partnership role with Simply Business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alan Thomas, UK CEO at Simply Business commented:<\/strong> \u201cSmall businesses account for 99% of all British businesses, contributing trillions of pounds a year in turnover. The recovery of our economy and communities is directly linked to their success. Yet small businesses up and down the country are facing enormous challenges. That\u2019s why we\u2019re delighted to be partnering with Baroness Karren Brady as our first ever Small Business Ambassador. Baroness Brady is a leading voice in British business and shares our passion for supporting the success of the nation’s self-employed. We’re both proud and excited to work alongside her \u2013 to shine a light on the challenges facing this vital community whilst playing a part in ensuring as many SMEs as possible are able to prosper.\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About Simply Business<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Simply Business<\/a>\u202fis one of the UK\u2019s biggest business insurance providers, specialising in public liability insurance for small and midsize enterprises. Launched in 2005, Simply Business provides an online brokerage service, delivering policies tailored to individual business requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using the power of tech and data to create the best possible customer experiences, Simply Business employs over 1,200 people across offices in London and Northampton, UK; and in Boston, Massachusetts; and Atlanta, Georgia, in the U.S. Owing to the insurance provider\u2019s internal underwriting capability and expert panel of insurers, Simply Business can cover over 1,200 trade types \u2013 ranging from plumbers to accountants to dog walkers.\u202fIts UK brand campaign \u2013 \u2018Simply The Best<\/a>\u2019 \u2013 aims to help UK small businesses feel \u2018the best\u2019 about their business insurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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