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Recommendation 34

15th Report – Small business strategy Published 11 Feb 2026 Addressed to Department for Business and Trade

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Recommendation (the committee's words)
The Government should expand nationwide programmes like Be the Business and Help to Grow: Management to transform the quality of SME management. It should work with industry bodies to encourage 74 participation, and widen the eligibility of these schemes by removing the five-employee requirement from the Help to Grow: Management programme. (Recommendation, Paragraph 125) Energy costs

From: Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee, 15th Report – Small business strategy (HC 1057), 11 February 2026

Government response

No government response linked yet: deadline 11 April 2026, 204 days ago.