Labour has accused the government of “cheating small businesses out of opportunities” after new research revealed that they win only a 10 per cent share of the public sector contracts earmarked for them.
Despite ministers’ promises to support the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector, analysis by the Spend Network found that big corporations still win the lion’s share – 90 per cent – of contracts worth £30bn a year which are deemed to be suitable for bids from smaller businesses.
