Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 34047

Small Businesses: Training

Tabled: 26 February 2025
Answered: 12 March 2025

Question

Mrs Elsie Blundell

LabourHeywood and Middleton North

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of subsidising the cost of IT courses for staff in small and medium enterprises.

Answer

Gareth Thomas
Use of digital technology is a key driver for productivity, helping businesses become more efficient. However, many businesses in the UK are slow to adopt new software, and we know smaller businesses in particular may not have access to information, resou...

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