Small firms should get 2010 benefit
Published Date:
27 August 2008
LONDON 2012 Olympics could be big business for small firms in the region, claim the Forum of Private Business.
The FPB is concerned that, although small firms are winning their fair share of contracts for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, a target to award them 30 per cent of all public contracts could be jeopardised by recent government proposals.
The organisation, which represents 25,000 small businesses across the UK, is encouraged by the announcement from the London 2012 Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) that more than 70 per cent of contracts have been procured by small firms, and it is calling on the government to use the 2012 Games as a springboard to improving the public procurement tendering process for small businesses throughout the UK.
FPB's policy representative Matt Goodman said: "What is really needed is an improved framework and better support for small firms that do tender for public contracts.
"Currently, there are so many reasons small firms are discouraged from tendering."
The full article contains 170 words and appears in News Post Leader newspaper.
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Last Updated:
27 August 2008 8:50 AM
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Source:
News Post Leader
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Location:
Blyth, Northumberland
