Written question asked by Chuka Umunna (Labour) on Tuesday, 12 October 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 14 October 2010. It was answered by Mark Prisk (Conservative) on Tuesday, 19 October 2010 on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
Business Links
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many small and medium-sized enterprises used the Business Link service in financial year (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08, (c) 2008-09 and (d) 2009-10.
- Answer
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The Business Link regional advisory service, as contracted by the Regional Development Agencies, records the number of unique SME service users in each financial year. The following are the number of start-up and established business service users (excluding pre-starts) in each of the requested financial years:
Business Users 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 Start-ups trading < 12 months 46,093 52,178 54,806 58,662 Established 564,241 537,901 678,916 698,246 The centrally operated Business Link national website is managed by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Any questions relating to usage of the website should be submitted to HMRC.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 17739; 516 c714-5W
- Session
- 2010-12
- Subjects
- Business links
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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