Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 115586

Small Businesses: Energy

Tabled: 24 February 2026

Answered: 27 February 2026

Question

Pippa Heylings

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of the Made Smarter Adoption Programme on energy cost reductions for SMEs.

Answer

Chris McDonald

The Made Smarter Adoption Programme is primarily designed to boost SME productivity, but digital adoption can also deliver energy‑cost savings. The 2024 Institute for Manufacturing’s government‑commissioned report on the programme found a third of the fir...

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