§ Mr. ClaphamTo ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 4 July,Official Report, column 625, in what circumstances he would relax the accreditation procedure for continued use of the Business Link brand. [33547]
§ Mr. Page[holding answer 12 July 1995]: In order to ensure that all businesses have access to high quality support, there will be no relaxation of the accreditation standards. However, if the reasons for failure are unlikely to affect the service received by clients, the Business Link Accreditation Board will have discretion to recommend a temporary extension of the licences to use the Business Link brand, provided that the business link has effective plans for remedying the shortfall. The implementation of those plans will be checked at the next regular surveillance visit.
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§ Mr. ClaphamTo ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 4 July,Official Report, column 625, what options his Department has considered to ensure that small businesses have access to quality business advice if he accepts a recommendation from the Business Links Accreditation Board that their local business link should have its licence to use the Business Link branch withdrawn. [33548]
§ Mr. Page[holding answer 12 July 1995]: Should an individual business link licence be withdrawn, agreement would be sought with a neighbouring accredited business link to provide the access to high quality support services.