Overseas Trade: Small Businesses

(asked on 13th November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 10 November 2017 to Question 110835, on small businesses, what representations he has received from trade associations on financial protection for small businesses after the UK leaves the EU.


Answered by
Greg Hands Portrait
Greg Hands
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
This question was answered on 21st November 2017

The Department for International Trade has engaged widely with business and civil society since the Referendum to understand the priorities and concerns of all stakeholders, including small businesses.

In October 2017, my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade, held a roundtable with representatives from trade associations, including the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) and Engineering Employers’ Federation (EEF). The Government recognises the important part small businesses play in contributing to the UK’s prosperity and this Department will continue to engage with them and others as we develop the UK’s future trade policy.

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