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Globally Competitive Business Environment - 2003 to 2007 Reports

The reports listed below contain evidence on the environment for business offered by the UK, in particular whether it enables the start-up of new businesses and growth of existing ones. They include evidence on the ease of accessing finance and business support, the impact of the regulatory and legal framework and the impact this has on such factors as the ease of start up, research and development, training and innovation within business. The reports below go back as far as 2003. Reports for 2002 and 2001 can be accessed from the links on the right hand side of this page.

2007

• The operation of the SME transfer market (1196KB)

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• The impact of perceived access to finance difficulties on the demand for external finance (315KB)

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• Economic impact study of Business Link local service (2844KB)

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• Evaluation of the Welland strategic alignment project: final report to the SBS (1356KB)
  

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• Evaluation of the Welland strategic alignment project: final report to the SBS. Welland Enterprise Agency: provider and business case studies (13673KB)

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• Evaluation of the Welland strategic alignment project: final report to the SBS. Annex volume 1 (12930KB)

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• Evaluation of the Welland strategic alignment project: final report to the SBS. Annex volume 2 (3048KB)

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  2006

   
  
  Business start-ups, closures and economic churn: a review of the literature. Final report (584KB)
  
  
  Myths surrounding growing a business: a focus group based study on behalf of the small business service (361KB)
  
  Mapping of government services for small business: final report
   Small businesses in rural areas: an analysis of the annual small business survey 2004
   Factors determining the performance of early stage high-technology venture capital funds: a review of the academic literature.
  
   

  2005

   

  Regulation and small firm performance and growth: a review of the literature
    SME Funding Report 
  
   A mapping study of venture capital provision to SMEs in England 

  2004

   Evaluation of the investment readiness demonstration projects and fit4finance
  
   Passing the baton: encouraging successful business transfers. Evidence and key stakeholder opinion
  
   International review of business support and brokerage
  
   SME growth trajectories: a pilot study of UK SME growth and survival using the CBR panel data
  
   

  2003

  Developing better regulation and policy [evidence base section 8]
  
   Qualitative research into small business experiences of using government services
  
   How do innovating small and medium sized enterprises use business support services?
  
   
  Improving small businesses' experience of Government services [evidence base section 7]
  
   Tracking Euro preparations amongst UK small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) with European Union (EU) links: Summary
  
   SBS diversity in public sector procurement survey
  
   Improving access to finance for small businesses [evidence base section 5]
  
   Small Business Service. Early assessment of the company rescue scheme pilots: final report
  
   Encouraging a more dynamic start-up market [evidence base section 3]
  
   Barriers to self-employment for disabled people: summary
  
   The contribution of the self-employed to employment in the EU: summary
  
   Building the capability for small business growth [evidence base section 4]
  
   Making a difference: the contribution of graduates to small business success: summary