All Governments promise to reduce red tape but in practice they keep piling it on. Business leaders are now calling on Government to create the conditions for business to grow and a key element of any strategy must be the reduction of regulation for SMEs.

The holiday park industry has significant potential to grow and create much needed jobs and investment. Individual Park Owners will each have a different list of regulations that frustrate and threaten their business expansion. However, I guess that excessive employment regulation would be common to most lists.

With Government struggling to come up with growth plans I think there is an opportunity for lobbying by the trade associations to make a difference.

Len Bell, Head of the Northern Leisure Team at Montpelier Chartered Accountants, a specialist adviser to the holiday and caravan parks sector lbell@montpeliergroup.com.