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MHCLG small and medium enterprises (SME) action plan: 2025 to 2028

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is backing your business by making it easier for small businesses to access public sector supply chains, removing unnecessary burdens and costs.

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The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s (MHCLG) small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) action plan for 2025 to 2028 outlines how MHCLG will reduce barriers and increase opportunities for SMEs to work with government.

The action plan sets out our SME procurement spend targets and our actions to raise SME participation and spend from April 2025 to March 2028.

Updates to this page

Published 24 March 2026
Last updated 21 September 2026 Show all updates
  1. Milestones and next steps updated to include 2026 updates; updated spend tables with 2025/26 data.

  2. First published.

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