Have you ever felt that the burden of regulation just kept on increasing? More regulations being added all the time, but nothing taken away to make your life easier?

Most of you are going to be in the category of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The European Commission is consulting to produce a list of the Top Ten most burdensome regulations on SMEs below"
Which are the TOP 10 most burdensome legislative acts for SMEs?

You can respond to their survey here although they've not made it that easy for you to do so and you may find it easier to do it via a representative body of your choice. It's not exactly as easy as YouGov or the ERS polls that we are used to. Even so, in the light of persistent reports telling them that they are over-regulating they have at least said they're prepared to remove some of the burden on SMEs, i.e. you. It does depend though on you telling them about the pointless stuff that blights your life.

They've put up a list of suggestions on this page that you might want to consider; plenty of suggestions, tax is even in there. So what's your biggest beef? Is it health and safety? Environment is in there...I guess from the point of view of a veterinary practice that's disposal of hazardous waste. Employment is there so maybe the working time directive might be something that you consider disproportionately affects you. Or perhaps it's European labelling requirements.

Whatever it is, the consultation is out there. You may not have known what your local police commissioner stood for so felt that you couldn't vote yesterday because you didn't know what you were voting for...a bit like RCVS Council elections . With this though it's definitely about your priorities as a small business.