The UK’s leading technology trade association has given a cautious welcome to the MoD’s long-awaited SME Action Plan – but is calling for clearer ownership, quantifiable targets and greater capacity in the Office for Small Business Growth if the plan’s ambitions are to translate into measurable change within the timeframe available. TechUK has published its assessment of the Ministry of Defence’s SME Action Plan, welcoming the direction of travel and the commitments it contains while raising substantive concerns about accountability, timelines and the capacity of the structures being asked to deliver them. The response, authored by Associate Director for Defence…
