Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 64802

Small Businesses: Northern Ireland

Tabled: 3 July 2025
Answered: 11 July 2025

Question

Carla Lockhart

Democratic Unionist PartyUpper Bann

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to improve the (a) effectiveness and (b) availability of Government support for small businesses in Northern Ireland.

Answer

Gareth Thomas
The Business Growth Service and the broader SME Strategy, to be published later this year, will help small businesses including in Northern Ireland, grow, innovate and thrive.The Government is committed to supporting small businesses across the UK, includ...

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