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Small Businesses: Government Assistance

Commons · Question 117403 · Tabled 3 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 10 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support small consultancy businesses.

Answer

Answered by Blair McDougall, 10 Mar 2026

The UK Government has, for the first time, chosen to put Professional and Business Services at the heart of our modern industrial policy, with consultancy as one of its key Frontier Sectors driving future growth.The Department supports small consultancy b...