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In May 2013, the Prime Minister’s advisor on enterprise and small business, Lord Young of Graffham, recommended developing a set of “single market...

The study presents early evidence on the effective implementation and delivery of 4 examples of localised policy interventions that support and/or complement national provision.

The case study examples...

Thousands of businesses experience severe administrative and financial burdens every year, simply because they are not paid on time. Late payment stops these businesses, small businesses in particular, from:

‘Small Business: GREAT ambition’ is the government’s commitment to helping small businesses grow. It builds on work to support budding entrepreneurs to start up a business and focuses on small businesses who ...

This paper provides an economic analysis of the main enablers of success for small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs). It reviews the obstacles SMEs face in relation to 3 clusters:

internal capacity and...

This research analyses findings from a survey of 902 UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) exploring how the demand for business mentors among SMEs can be increased.

The research explores:

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