The sell-out summit was organised by George Freeman, and sponsored and hosted by the award winning Hunters Hall conference centre at Castle Farm, Swanton Morley.
George Freeman, founder of the Norfolk Way campaign, said: "Our small businesses are the lifeblood of our economy. Whilst irresponsible regulators and bankers in London are bailed out with billions of pounds of our money, local businesses are being hit by collapsing consumer spending and a refusal by banks to lend. Norfolk's rural businesses are hit especially hard.
"Over recent years our leaders in London have forgotten that finance is just the oil of the real economy engine. We need to get back to a more balanced and sustainable economy in which finance is the servant of real business.
Mark Prisk MP, Shadow Minister of State for Small Business, said: "Government needs to recognise the difference between the Banking crisis, and the Real Economy crisis it is now causing. Well run businesses are now being crippled by the regulatory failures which have allowed greed, cheap credit and speculative financial engineering to get out of control. We supported the Government in its urgent action to prevent banking collapse, but we believe too little attention is now being spent on preventing a crisis in the real economy - which the banks ultimately rely on."
