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This week has seen the first meeting of business experts, brought together to promote Government spending with small and medium sized enterprises (SME). Made up of 24 entrepreneurs and leading business figures boasting a wide range of experience, the advisory panel has already been instrumental in helping the Government surpass its ...


Speaking in a House of Commons debate on 12th September, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence Harriet Baldwin MP reiterated the UK Government’s commitment to see 25% of defence spending go to small and medium sized enterprises by 2020. Ms Baldwin said: “Small businesses are crucial for ...


An American SME perspective US SME Qwaltec has secured its first prime supplier contract with the US Navy, which it hopes will lead to bigger things. Defence writer Mark Lane talked to Qwaltec Chief Executive Shawn Linam about the company’s recent win, and the challenges SMEs face when bidding for US ...


Senior advisors to SME’s have participated in their first Member States’ SME Point of Contacts (PoCs) last week at the Agency premises in Brussels. The latest meeting was devised to look at the implementation of the 2016 priorities of the EDA SME Action Plan and the results of the EDA exploratory study ...


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