Small and medium businesses won £11.4 billion worth of government contracts last year. That's 26.1% of government spend - and we want to spend more with small suppliers

25 February 2015 — News story

Government spends £11.4 billion with SMEs

Government spends over a quarter of its procurement budget with small and medium-sized enterprises. Further reforms will increase the spend.

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  1. Transposing EU procurement directives

    • updated 27 February 2015
    • Guidance

  2. Procurement Policy Note 03/15: reforms to make public procurement more accessible to SMEs

    • updated 27 February 2015
    • Policy paper

  3. Public Contracts Regulations 2015: paying invoices in 30 days down the supply chain

    • published 27 February 2015
    • Guidance
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    • 27 February 2015
    • Policy paper

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    • Guidance

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