A Special MessageMay 2006A message from The Prime Minister The Rt Hon Tony Blair MP to the Direct Selling Association."I'm delighted to offer my support to the Direct Selling Association and to point out to you how big a part direct selling is of our domestic market in the sale of goods and services. We've got something like 13% of the entire home shopping market done by direct selling, almost half a million people are involved in direct selling and 40,000 of those are doing it full time. So there are tremendous opportunities for women who want to combine family responsibilities and work. It also shows how, in a changing economy and changing labour market, there are great new opportunities out there. I want to say to you both that this is a good thing to be involved in and that we, as a Government, recognise the tremendous contribution that people who are taking up direct selling opportunities can make to the overall prosperity of the economy. So it is well worth doing, well worth being involved in and I wish those of you who are engaged in it, the very best for the future". The above is the text of a video message given to members of the Direct Selling Association on the occasion of the DSA's Annual Conference held at Hinckley, Leicestershire on 5 - 6 May 1999. Original document found at the Direct Selling Association. |