SME - Stoking the engine room for growth

Authored by Andrew Mearns Spragg, Chief Scientific Officer,

Authored by Andrew Mullinger, Co-Founder and Former Director, Funding Circle

Authored by Bernd Junghans, Founder, Anvo-Systems Dresden

Authored by Chris Allner, Chairman of the Investment Committee, Octopus Investments

Authored by Doug Richard, Founder, School for Startups

Authored by Mark Weber, Head of Digital, Save the Children UK

Authored by Steven Cooper, CEO, Fairstone

It is smaller and younger companies rather than larger multinationals that will be the engines of UK growth and jobs over the next five years, so it is essential that they receive encouragement and support from the government, lenders, advisors and business networks. But should banks do more to support ‘the engine room of the economy’? And what incentives could the UK government introduce to encourage entrepreneurial enterprise?

In this article, Criticaleye asks its Community of Members, including Chris Allner, Steve Cooper, Ian Harley, Emma Jones, Bernd Junghans, Andrew Mearns Spragg, Andrew Mullinger, Doug Richard and Mark Weber for their thoughts on what should be done to fan the flames of fledgling business.

The related articles, Investment Ready? Top Tips for SME Growth and Credit Where It's Due: fundraising decisions for growing SMEs can also be found on the Criticaleye website.