Increasing VAT Registrations in County Durham, Business Link County Durham

We compiled a short, strategic study to assess barriers to small business growth in the County. We examined the use VAT registrations as an indicator of business start-up and assessed the range of other factors (skills, relative deprivation, attitudes to risk) that influence business creation and VAT registration. The review assessed the role of the public sector procurement in stimulating small business growth. Sue Parkinson, Chair of the Enterprise Working Group and then Head of the City of Durham and Chester-le-Street Enterprise Agency says

“We found the research really insightful. It really told us things we didn’t already know”.

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