Question follow-through · 25778
Business Growth Service: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to promote the Government’s Business Growth Service with small business owners in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) Heywood and Middleton North constituency.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 22 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 31 Jan 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to promote the Government’s Business Growth Service with small business owners in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) Heywood and Middleton North constituency.
28 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
31 Jan 2025
Answer published
We are engaging widely with stakeholders, including with entrepreneurs and small business owners, on the design and implementation of the Business Growth Service (BGS) to ensure that we deliver on our mission to make it easier for businesses to get the su...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Technology: Greater Manchester
21 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology on support for small technological start-ups in Greater Manchester.
Small Businesses: Training
26 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of subsidising the cost of IT courses for staff in small and medium enterprises.
Small Businesses: Grants
26 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to take steps to (a) improve signposting and (b) create a central database for small and medium enterprises on grants for which they are eligible.
Postal Services: Heywood and Middleton North
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of Royal Mail's performance in Heywood and Middleton North constituency during the past 12 months.