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“SMEs Working with Government to Drive Growth”

Seth Finegan, UK CEO, Informed Solutions

1st December 2016

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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