United Kingdom: The Department for Transport (DfT) has committed to spending a third of its procurement budget with SMEs by 2022.

08 Aug 2018: Under its SME Action Plan the department explains how we will contribute towards the Government’s aspiration that 33% of procurement spend will be with SMEs by March 2022. DfT is embedding the measures set out in the Procurement Policy Notice (PPN) 0118 to help level the playing field for smaller business. Transport minister Jo Johnson said: 'With this new action plan, ..