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The Business Basics Programme tests ways to encourage small and medium sized businesses to adopt productivity-boosting technologies and management practices.
Toolkit of resources associated with the 10 steps taken by effective local partnerships.
An initiative for companies committed to integrating 10 corporate responsibility principles in their business operations and strategies.
Find out if your business needs to publish a tax strategy, what it should include and when to publish it.
Summaries of regulators' regulatory provisions under the government’s business impact target to reduce regulation on business.
Partnership opportunities for companies developing innovative business models that offer both commercial success and development impact.
This guidance outlines how to create and implement a cloud strategy, and when to consider a single, hybrid or multi-cloud solution.
This business plan covers April 2017 to March 2018. It sets out the work we'll undertake to progress towards our strategic goals.
The Business Basics Programme was designed to test innovative ways of encouraging small and medium sized enterprises to adopt existing technologies and management practices to improve their productivity.
This business plan covers April 2016 to March 2017. It sets out the work we will undertake to progress towards our strategic goals.
We assess our regulatory impact on businesses using business impact target (BIT) assessments.
Overview of the roles available in Defence Business Services:
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