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SMEs and UK Growth
• Austerity in 2010
• Brexit in 2016
• 6 years of opportunity
• 6 years of progress?
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Doing Business with Government
• 27% of procurement spend in 2015
• Simpler, faster procurement
• 64% still not using Contracts Finder
• 94% lack of awareness barrier
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Beyond UK
• UK ranks bottom 5 for SME Export in Europe
• Only 11% of SMEs working beyond UK borders
• £300k/annum/SME typical newly generated growth
• Growth in value of UK exports
of £140 billion
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Realising Our Potential
• Exporting our highly respected D5 expertise
• IT and communications industries twice as
likely to have export plans
• North West exports £20bn/year
• DIT’s Great.gov.uk support