Achieving growth in British SMEs: a critical evaluation of the issues facing

Achieving growth in British SMEs: a critical evaluation of the issues facing small business owners in the pursuit of business growth with recommendations as to how government policy might be informed to support SMEs to achieve their growth objectives

Assessment task:

This task is an individual piece of work to be written in the style of an academic journal article. Students are expected to identify some of the issues which face SMEs who wish to grow and consider how government policy might be informed to support SMEs who wish to grow.

Suggested structure

• Introduction

• Literature Review

• Discussion and development of a conceptual framework which identifies issues and suggests solutions

• Conclusions

• Recommendations

Some of the issues you may consider are:

• Access to finance

• Access to international markets

• Availability of skilled labour

• Management skills

• Acquisition and imp[lamentation of technology

Word count:

1,500 (please clearly state the word count at the end of the work).