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Recommendation 63

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 reconsider its use of the term SME. Moving forward it should directly link policy programmes to different categories of these business (micro, small, and medium) in order to make it clear as to which group is being targeted by a particular policy measure. (Recommendation, Paragraph 216) Cross-Whitehall working

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.