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Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2024 to Question 15845 on Small Businesses: Recruitment, when he plans to publish the small business strategy.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
10 Jan 2025
Target answer date
14 Jan 2025
Answer
20 Jan 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 10 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2024 to Question 15845 on Small Businesses: Recruitment, when he plans to publish the small business strategy.

  2. 14 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The Government will publish a Small Business Strategy Paper later this year. This will set out the Government’s vision for all small businesses, from boosting scale-ups to growing the co-operative economy, across key policy areas such as creating thriving...

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