Question follow-through · 62425

Small Businesses: South Northamptonshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the British Business Bank’s Cluster Champions programme to help support high-growth SMEs in South Northamptonshire.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
24 Jun 2025
Target answer date
30 Jun 2025
Answer
30 Jun 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 24 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the British Business Bank’s Cluster Champions programme to help support high-growth SMEs in South Northamptonshire.

  2. 30 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 30 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The Cluster Champions programme is designed to provide up to £100 million of additional targeted investment to businesses in the eight Industrial Strategy sectors in ten clusters located in city regions across the whole of the UK. While not part of the cl...

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