A Bill to establish a Small Business Administration with the remit of acting as an ombudsman and advocate within government for small businesses, promoting a regulatory environment appropriate for small businesses, providing advice to those wishing to set up small businesses, improving access to finance for small businesses, developing and monitoring small business-friendly procurement policies and working with small firms to assist their export potential; and for connected purposes
House of Commons
1 May 2012
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This bill would create a Small Business Administration to act as an advocate for small firms within government. It aims to make regulation more friendly to small businesses, provide guidance for people starting up, improve access to finance, promote small-business-friendly procurement, and help small firms grow their export potential.
The bill is currently at the second reading in the House of Commons; there is no record in this snapshot of progression beyond that stage.
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