A Coalition pledge to boost small businesses by giving them government contracts was branded a flop last night after it was revealed that 92 per cent of orders are still placed with major corporations. Ministers agreed when they came to power in 2010 that they would place a quarter of all external orders with small and medium-sized businesses. But the latest quarterly figures suggest that the initiative has barely got off the ground, with many departments actually reducing their spending with smaller firms....
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