Source · Select Committees · Business and Trade Committee
Recommendation 27
27
Accepted
Provide further support in Spending Review to substantially scale-up Made Smarter programme.
Recommendation
We welcome the further support the Government has provided for the Made Smarter programme this year. We recommend that the Government provide further support in the Spending Review to substantially scale-up the programme. (Recommendation, Paragraph 114) Governance, oversight and accountability
Government Response Summary
The government has committed to expanding the Made Smarter Adoption programme with £99 million from 2026 to support an additional 5,500 manufacturing businesses and will also expand the model to the Professional and Business Services sector.
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
16.1. The Industrial Strategy set out that the Government has committed to expanding our successful Made Smarter Adoption programme across England, with up to £99 million from 2026 to support a further 5,500 small and medium-sized manufacturing businesses to take up new technologies. We will also expand the model to create a dedicated scheme for the Professional and Business Services sector.