Small Businesses: Rural Areas
Commons · Question 6847 · Tabled 4 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 10 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Gareth Davies
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support SMEs in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) other rural areas with changes in (i) employment and (ii) energy costs.
Answer
Answered by Blair McDougall, 10 Jun 2026
The government is supporting small businesses, including those in Lincolnshire and rural areas, to start, scale and grow as part of the Plan for Small Businesses.We are delivering our Plan to Make Work Pay by extending the protections already offered by m...