WBS London, The Shard, hosted The ERC State of Small Business Britain Conference 2016.

The event focused on two big issues for the UK economy: productivity and inclusive growth with updates provided on our live blog as well as on the #smallbizbritain2016 throughout the day.

Stephen Roper, Professor of Enterprise at Warwick Business and Director of the ERC said: "We had a fantastic line-up of guest speakers and panellists at the event.

"This included Liam Byrne MP, chair of the APPG on Inclusive Growth, Cliff Prior CEO of Big Society Capital and Phil Smith, Chairman of Cisco UK & Ireland and a member of the new Productivity Leadership Group chaired by Sir Charlie Mayfield, as well as a cross-section of delegates from organisations across the enterprise and growth landscape."