Small Businesses Encouraged to Supply Government

Government is encouraging small firms to sign up to the government’s Supply2.gov.uk website in order to take advantage of the thousands of government contracts available. So far, more than 123,000 companies have already signed up to the website, which provides an up to the minute database of government contracts for small businesses wishing to supply to the public sector.

Secretary of State Lord Mandelson commented: “Every year the government spends many billions of pounds on public sector contracts. It is vital that we actively help small and medium sized companies take advantage of these business opportunities. In the current economic climate this is more important than ever. The supply.2gov.uk website is a crucial tool for this. SMEs often have smaller overheads, local knowledge and great flexibility. Often they can offer the public sector better value for money than big business.”