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Small Businesses

Asked by Dame Harriett BaldwinConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 19 December 2024UIN 20202

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when his Department plans to publish the small business strategy.

Answered by Gareth Thomas

The government will publish its Small Business Strategy in 2025 after the Phase 2 Spending Review. This will set out the government’s vision for supporting small businesses, from boosting scale-ups to growing the co-operative economy and across key policy areas.

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