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Digital Technology: Small Businesses

Asked by Jim ShannonDemocratic Unionist PartyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 18 March 2026UIN 119870

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support small and medium-sized enterprises in adopting new digital technologies.

Answered by Blair McDougall

The Government is committed to supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to adopt digital technologies and boost productivity.

We are implementing the recommendations of the SME Digital Adoption Taskforce, including running local digital adoption pilots to test what support works best, bringing industry together at roundtables with No.10 to collaboratively deliver SME support, as well as linking up with the Business Growth Service to improve SME access to existing support.

We will be publishing an update on progress against the SME Digital Adoption Taskforce recommendations in the Spring.

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