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This virtual roundtable will consider how the government can improve the way it supports SMEs. This is part of our Small Business Forum that we run with Enterprise Nation.

Attendee's views will feed into our report.

The discussion will focus on these two main issues:

  1. Because the process is time-consuming, difficult to navigate, and relies on specialist knowledge of how the different processes work, government procurement is often biased towards big players. This is bad for SMEs and bad for the government too. How can we increase competitiveness for government contracts by making it easier for SMEs to submit bids?

  2. Government often has an imperfect view of what small businesses want. How can we improve the ways in which government communicates with small businesses to give entrepreneurs more of a voice and generally improve the policy-making process?

About Enterprise Nation

Enterprise Nation is the UK’s leading small business network and business support provider delivering support to more than 50,000 small businesses every month. Its aim is to help people turn their good ideas into great businesses – through expert advice, events, acceleration support and networking.

Enterprise Nation was founded in 2005 by entrepreneur Emma Jones CBE, also co-founder of national enterprise campaign StartUp Britain. She is author of best-selling business books including Spare Room Startup, Working 5 to 9, Go Global, Start a Business for £99 and the StartUp Kit, Going for Growth. She is a frequently called-on and regular media commentator on a range of issues which affect the UK’s growing number of SMEs.

To attend, Advisers & Supporters should email events@tenentrepreneurs.org to confirm your attendance. A calendar invite will then be sent to you with all the details. Everyone else can request a place here.