Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
The Business and Trade Committee is holding the final session of its inquiry into the challenges faced by small businesses in the UK. The Committee will be hearing from the National Trading Standards, Companies House, the National Crime Agency and the Minister for Small Business and Economic Transformation, Blair McDougall MP.
The focus of this session is for the Committee to:
– Understand the scale and growth of illicit trade on the high street
– Explore the response to enforcement agencies to organised crime groups operating in town centres
– Evaluate the Department’s approach to implementing the Plan for Small and Medium Sized Businesses
– Explore the Department’s response to the emerging findings from the Committee’s small business inquiry