Businesses with fewer than 20 employees should be free of red tape However, Mr Shore said: "I don't know how I could possibly deal with some of the health and safety legislation and employment legislation that exists today if I had two people and a secretary. He says the Government should be helping the 1.1m small businesses in Britain that employ at least one other person in addition to their founder. He also calls for a relaxation in the amount of capital banks have to hold for an undrawn overdraft, which he says has led to banks charging small businesses "big fat fees." "That's killing small business," he says.