Gov: Half of new tech spending must be made with SME suppliers

The UK government is trying to accelerate procurement reforms and hit ambitious targets by directing at least half of all new IT spending to small biz suppliers before the next general election.

One of the grand aims of the Cabinet Office had been to route 25 per cent of all government IT business through SMEs by the end of fiscal '15, but as of last March the figure stood at just 10.5 per cent.