Select committee: Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee
Recommendation 59
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 build a business support service that is fit for the long term, like the US Small Business Service. It should combine these services with arrangements for transforming access to finance, export finance, public procurement, skills, export support services, and general business advice. It should study best practice internationally and present a White Paper to Parliament with the design of a service that matches the challenge. (Recommendation, Paragraph 204) 78 Improving data
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.