Small Firms Service (Hansard, 2 February 1988)

HC Deb 02 February 1988 vol 126 c557W 557W

§ 69. Mr. John Greenway
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on the progress of the small firms service.

§ Mr. Cope
The small firms service through its information and counselling arms works to promote viable and profitable small businesses. In 1986–87, in England, it handled 283,537 inquiries and gave 38,210 counselling sessions. With the development of local enterprise agencies, it is increasingly developing its counselling activities with established businesses.
Copies of the annual report on the service for 1986–87 were placed in the Library in July.