SME Archive

• 0October 2, 2011

  SME improvements in public sector should be highlighted

  Prime Minister David Cameron said that he wanted to increase the amount of government work awarded to small and medium-sized...

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• 0August 10, 2011

  Smaller IT companies boosted by fresh EU public procurement plan

  Increased online public procurement would help smaller IT suppliers gain government contracts. New measures to boost online public procurement in...

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• 0March 2, 2011

  EU Small Business Act : much done, much more to do

  As the European Commission on February 23 publishes its review of the Small Business Act (SBA), Malcolm Harbour MEP, chairman...

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• 1February 9, 2011

  EC plans could open up ICT procurement for SMEs

  Technology start-ups and SMEs could benefit from European Commission (EC) plans to improve SME procurement. The EC has said it...

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• 1November 21, 2010

  New public procurement measures help small businesses

  Government measures to make it easier for small firms to access public sector contracts should ease the impact of the...

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• 1June 27, 2010

  One in four state IT public contracts to go to SMEs

  A quarter of government contracts, including IT projects, are to be awarded to small businesses, according to business secretary Vince...

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• 1June 23, 2010

  New public services procurement model: Key to SME growth

  NESTA (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) is calling for the UK’s Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) to...

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• 0November 25, 2009

  SMEs facing information barrier to EU defence market

  Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) struggle to win contracts in the EU’s defence sector because they face a yawning information...

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• 1March 15, 2009

  Smaller firms should seek public contracts

  Finance Minister Nigel Dodds has urged more local firms to bid for government contracts as they look for ways to...

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