HC Deb 23 June 1999 vol 333 c415W
Mr. Cotter

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his answer of 11 June 1999,Official Report, columns 400–01, on small businesses, what assessment was made of the level of awareness of business support services by small business owners in the research conducted since May 1997. [87772]

Mr. Wills

The September 1997 MORI survey showed that spontaneous (able to name Business Link) awareness of Business Link was 19 per cent. and prompted awareness was 66 per cent. among directors of businesses with 10–200 employees. For businesses with between 5 and 9 employees, spontaneous awareness of Business Link was 16 per cent. and prompted awareness was 59 per cent.