Small Businesses: Energy
Commons · Question 115586 · Tabled 24 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Pippa Heylings
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of the Made Smarter Adoption Programme on energy cost reductions for SMEs.
Answer
Answered by Chris McDonald, 27 Feb 2026
The Made Smarter Adoption Programme is primarily designed to boost SME productivity, but digital adoption can also deliver energy‑cost savings. The 2024 Institute for Manufacturing’s government‑commissioned report on the programme found a third of the fir...