Published: 31 March 2009
Summary
'Solutions for Business' simplifies Government business support, reducing over 3,000 schemes to 30
Detail
The Government today delivered on its promise to provide a simplified framework for publicly funded support, which could add £1.4bn of value per year for businesses.
The Department for Business announced that the design and rollout of Solutions for Business, its streamlined portfolio of business support products, has completed with over 3,000 schemes reduced to 30. For the first time all government help for business now shares an easily identifiable banner and can be accessed through Business Link. From March 2010 these will be the only products businesses will see.
This simplified portfolio will make it easier for companies, small and large, new and existing, to find the right products to help them with common business issues such as getting started, growing, finance, export, skills, innovation and the environment.
To conclude the rollout nine products join the portfolio today, and from 1st April, Train to Gain and Business Link brokers will come together in a new service under the Business Link brand to offer advice on skills, reinforcing Business Link's role as the main route to government support.
High quality business support, targeted to help businesses start, grow and succeed, is an essential weapon in the government's fight back to economic health. The rationalisation of support schemes will ensure effective use of taxpayers' money and help businesses start, grow and succeed.
Minister for Business, Ian Pearson said:
"To succeed in a competitive global environment UK businesses need ongoing access to help and support. The Solutions for Business portfolio makes it simpler for businesses to access the support they need. This is an important tool to help companies through the current global economic downturn, and also for providing a long term, sustainable, support to business".
Chair of the Solutions for Business Transition Management Board Martin Temple said:
"For far too long, help which has been available to business has not been taken up because it has been too complex, confusing to understand and hard to find quickly and easily. This programme will simplify access, make clear what is available and improve the quality in order to match business needs. The benefits of the new system will soon become apparent."
John Wright, National Chairman of the Federation of Small Business said:
"Small businesses do not want to be swamped by a range of different schemes and proposals that take too long to understand, let alone take advantage of. The FSB welcomes this streamlined set of solutions for business which, we hope, will make it more straightforward for small firms to get the help they need to get started, grow and expand."
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