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27 November 2002

Pre Budget 2002

Enterprise Britain: a modern approach to meeting the enterprise challenge

This paper explains why enterprise is central to the Government’s approach to economic policy and to rebuilding communities, and sets out the principles that underlie a modern approach to enterprise policy. It also outlines the steps the Government is taking to ensure that the UK realises its full entrepreneurial potential, by:

  • building a more enterprising society, in which all who have the initiative, skills and drive also have the opportunity to start and run a successful business;
  • creating the best environment in the world to start and grow a business;
  • tackling specific barriers that inhibit successful enterprise; and
  • raising levels of enterprise in the UK’s least prosperous communities, where these barriers are typically greatest.

The full report is available below to download in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF).   If you do not have Adobe Acrobat installed on your computer you can download the software free of charge from the Adobe website.

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