The Department for Business and Trade has today [Tuesday 30
April] held the first meeting of the SME Digital Adoption
Taskforce. This Taskforce will explore how SMEs can be supported
to better adopt digital technology to improve their productivity.
It will provide a forum for Government to work with the private
sector to develop focused actions to address the digital adoption
and broader transformation challenge.
The Taskforce will focus on addressing the challenge of how best
to support SMEs to widely adopt and successfully implement
productivity-enhancing technologies, such as customer
relationship management, accountancy, and resource planning
software. The group's primary focuses will be on technology
adoption in relation to improving SME productivity and growth,
and where transformation can help or have impact.
Small Business Minister said:
Businesses that utilise technologies such as CRM or accountancy
packages are generally much more productive than those that
don't, so I was delighted to attend the first meeting of the SME
Digital Adoption Taskforce.
This group will utilise its collective experience and knowledge
to create a boost in SME digital adoption and is well placed to
help tackle the transformation challenge.
Chair of the Taskforce, said:
I was delighted to chair the first of the SME Digital Adoption
Taskforce meetings. I believe that addressing these issues is of
vital importance and this presents a key opportunity to bring
industry together to support SMEs in their digital adoption
journey.
The taskforce membership is listed below:
Membership
-
, CBE (Chair)
- Alex von Schirmeister, Xero
- Melissa Di Donato, Kyriba
- Ian O'Donnell, Federation of Small Businesses
- Simon Kenyon, Lloyds
- Anthony Impey, Be the Business
- Tera Allas, McKinsey
- Emma Jones, Enterprise Nation
- Jon Cowan, Sage
- Shevaun Haviland, British Chambers of Commerce
- Incoming Country Manager (to be confirmed), Intuit
