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SMEs not exploiting web potential
News At the end of 2007 it had 4.4 million SME users with around 200,000 of these in the UK. Wei told silicon.com said: "I think UK SMEs are used to a very stable export or procurement approach. Small businesses in the UK are failing to fully exploit... [25 Mar 2008]
EC: Small businesses should buy more IT
News Microsoft called for greater interoperability between technology products to encourage SME take-up. European governments can help small firms by encouraging public and private partnerships to fund innovative research and development, and by making... [29 Nov 2006]
The SME hype cycle
Comment Read silicon.com's special report on SME procurement, including analysis on SMEs and open source, how small businesses buy IT, and a look at which telecoms services SMEs should buy. The problem is that none of this works very well in the SME space. [25 Jul 2006]
Small business loving web shopping
News 'Have internet, will shop' - that's the new motto at SMEs, analysts have found, with the majority opting to do procurement over the web. According to a report from JupiterResearch, 79 per cent of SMEs buy products and services over the internet. [14 Jul 2006]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: How small businesses buy IT
Comment Vendors transitioning their offerings to the SME market are often coming at it with an enterprise sales culture that does not translate. This is where the would-be suppliers to the SME market struggle. [03 Jul 2006]
Can SMEs compete for government contracts?
News Lyn Duncan, managing director of @UKPLC, a company focused on helping companies to trade online with the public sector, says: "Public sector buyers do want to trade with SME's [small and medium-sized businesses] - especially with ones local to them. [29 Jun 2006]
The 11 companies that run 80 per cent of government IT
News It is hoped that larger suppliers - who usually win public sector mega-contracts - can also be persuaded to use the site to attract SME suppliers as subcontractors. The government is trying to get more small companies involved with public sector... [27 Oct 2005]
Delivering Opportunities for Small and Medium Enterprise in Government Procurement and Contracting
White Paper It is desirable for Government, through agency procurement strategies, to ensure the viability of vigorous SME activity to deliver both a competitive environment and long term economic growth. Government seeks progressive solutions to procurement... [20 May 2005]
Government Purchasing
White Paper Business supports Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines which are mandatory, have 'value for money' as a core and overarching element, encourage industry development, and which increase SME participation in doing business with Government. [20 May 2005]
Data Analysis of Public Procurement From Small and Medium Enterprises
White Paper This paper addresses the second of the six objectives in the SBS Terms of Reference, namely "to identify key market sectors where there is a significant SME presence and, as far as is possible, identify the nature and the scale of SME involvement". [29 Apr 2005]
London Borough of Haringey - SME Development
White Paper The council is currently undertaking a SME Procurement Pilot and is fully involved in a local partnership, Trade Local, to develop the SME supply base. Haringey Council has an ethos that procurement can be viewed as a tool that can help deliver the... [28 Apr 2005]
'Cash for tech SMEs' Bill hit by Blair's timekeeping
News Each contract will not exceed £500,000 and all intellectual property would remain in the hands of the SME that developed it. The Procurement of Innovative Technologies and Research Bill, based on existing US legislation, was put before the House of... [23 Mar 2005]
"Size matters" for IT procurement say CIOs
News The scale required to support standard global IT infrastructures combined with tightly-controlled central procurement policies still means most small and medium-sized (SME) technology vendors are ruled out of the buying equation of large... [14 Mar 2005]
Short-term planning drives IT purchases for SMEs
Comment A lot of them don't believe in forward planning, so an SME might buy new PCs but then forget about the networking and probably the cables too. Small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) have their own particular ways of buying IT - which are quite... [10 Mar 2005]
Small IT suppliers slam government's "closed shop"
News In particular the IT framework agreements of the trading arm of government procurement body the Office of Government Commerce have come under fire for excluding SME suppliers. Out of the 13 suppliers listed on the IT hardware framework agreement... [21 Feb 2005]
