Tag Archives: business growth

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The Social Market Foundation’s preview of the King’s Speech 2024

What should we expect from Keir Starmer’s first King’s Speech?
Published: 12 July 2024
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‘Is a battle coming between competition policy and industrial strategy?’

The drive for economic growth could confront a Labour government with choices between competition and industrial aims, says competition watchdog’s former strategy director.
Published: 05 July 2024
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Only 1% of SMEs are scale-ups, yet they contribute £500bn to the UK economy

New research published today by the Social Market Foundation think tank, and sponsored by OakNorth, utilises restricted access data from the Office for National Statistics to identify the fastest growing...
Published: 08 November 2023
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Skills crisis holding back 7 in 10 SMEs from scaling up

The Social Market Foundation – a cross-party think tank – has warned that a lack of focus on the skills crisis is limiting the UK from being a place for...
Published: 26 September 2023
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Rushed bonfire of EU law could waste “golden opportunity” to improve business regulation

The Government should ensure that each of the 4,000 pieces of legislation inherited from the European Union into British law are given due consideration, according to Stephen Gibson, Senior Fellow...
Published: 09 March 2023
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