BUILDING THE CAPABILITY FOR SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH

The government’s objective under this strategic theme is to improve the growth capability of small businesses by helping businesses to raise performance across key areas, particularly innovation, management skills and the adoption of best practice.The purpose of this section is twofold:• To explain why the government is putting in place a range of activities and actions to build the capability for small business growth by presenting an overview of the evidence which points to the need for further initiatives.• To outline how the government will monitor and evaluate success in achieving its objective and highlight the main gaps in the evidence base that will need to be filled if policy is to be further developed and improved.[...]