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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Alison Coleman

A happy medium: how connectivity can help mid-sized businesses overcome sector challenges

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Mid-sized companies play a crucial role in global supply chains. Photograph: blackCAT/Getty Images

Employing more people than small or FTSE 350 companies, the UK’s medium-sized businesses (typically defined as those employing 50 to 249 people) have been dubbed “the engine of economic growth”.

However, being too big to qualify for a lot of government support, and too small to have the influence and power of global giants, the UK’s mid-market businesses are also battling their own set of challenges. Medium-sized firms play an important role in global supply chains, which are under unprecedented stress due to a range of geopolitical factors.

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