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Petition update, 01 July 2009

More details from petition creator

On behalf of the print industry and SMEs across the country, we call on the government to live up to the pledge made by the Chancellor to improve public sector opportunities for SMEs.

Specifically, we call for:-

a) An end to registration charges to view public tenders on the government run supply2.gov.uk website and free training on how to tender for public contracts for SMEs (rather than the current £120 course offered by the Business Link

b) A better indication of requirements (such as turnover, required accreditations) from the outset to prevent companies wasting time and money preparing tenders when they could never meet requirements

c) Simplification of the tender documentation for smaller contracts to save SMEs time and money when tendering for public contracts

Current signatories

William Mitting, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• Mr Partis (petitions.pm.gov.uk/tombaker/)
• Simon Nias
• Richard Stretton
• Matt Whipp
• Tim Sheahan
• Helen Morris
• Josh Brooks
• Chloe Setter
• Nick Brownlow
• Paul Manning
• stephen edwards
• Stein Dalebo
• Lena Johansson
• Alexander Stuart
• Chris Passmore
• Darryl Danielli
• Gerald White
• John Rowell
• Andrew Rafferty
• Adam Hooker
• jennifer wain
• p horner
• Jade
• Sarah Mayer
• Steve Wicks
• Patrick Auer
• Bruce Walker
• G Anderson
• Mark Unstead
• T Barlow
• JOHN HONEYBALL
• Niki Robinson
• John Tasker
• ANDY HILL
• Andy Bird
• Gary Walter
• Tony Freeman
• Michael John Woolhouse
• Jane Halstead
• martin whetton
• John Brown
• Tim Schofield
• David Meredith
• John Norman
• matthew birtwell
• James Wise
• Tom Hall
• Gemma O'Reilly
• Adrian Clark
• Barry Hills
• Danyon Billings
• Luke Potkin
• Dominic Deeson
• Malcolm Morris
• Ian Lemon
• Geny Caloisi
• Philip Hope
• Rebecca Price
• Dr Adrian Steele
• Martin Steinmetz
• Andrew Bartlett
• Afra Rust
• Jonathan Whitehead
• Charlotte Ward
• Malcolm Hull
• john coward
• Simon Biltcliffe
• Peter Reeves
• Paul Sherfield
• Karen Charlesworth
• Adam Rayner
• Rob Breeze
• GRAEME ALEXANDER DIXON
• Simon Edridge
• Stephen Power
• Shahid Mohammed
• KEITH WOOD
• Dee Patel
• Tess Raine
• jeanette greaves
• Prakash Rathod
• Darrel Crowley
• Sue Maitland
• adrian booth
• Pinakin Patel
• simon Day
• Ricky Patel
• Karl Holbrook
• James Bowles
• Vanessa Fitzgerald
• John Pope
• Mark Lennard
• Lorna Cowan
• Phil Stocker
• sylvie ciacciarelli
• Omar Ibrahim
• Angela Newman
• Paolo Scaglioni
• W J Cheesman
• Colin Angior
• Malcolm Hackman
• David Hackman
• Paul Kelly
• Sara Gill
• David Robinson
• Laurence Martin
• Jasmina Merdanovic
• G Ric Richards
• Laurence Southon
• Kevin Watt
• Stuart Thompson
• Steven Kiernan
• Bill Keenlyside
• Neville Martin
• Pam Wright
• John Pettifer
• Mr Andrew Gunn
• Arthur Barnes
• Tony Pfendt
• Wendy Patrick
• Jeannette Roddy
• Linda Eastwood
• Susan Robinson
• ANTHONY FERRIS
• Chris Tapp
• valerie palmer
• Mark Winter
• David Baxter
• Neil Wilton
• Daniel Plummer
• Brian L Wilson
• ALAN PARKER
• david young
• Robert Campbell
• Andrew Fisk
• s johnson
• David Wright
• ian towers
• Robert Wiles
• Chris Pangburn
• Philip Knight
• Geoffrey Riddell
• Colin Griffiths
• trevor jessup
• Donna Jackson
• Stuart Balaam
• JOHN KNOWLES
• Graeme Moan
• Malcolm Knott
• Jeremy Norminton
• David Young
• Lawrence Riley
• Jayne Campbell
• M.Banks
• M Robertson
• Ivor Childs
• Mrs P Burbidge
• ian mcdonald
• carole crow
• Mr Paul P Turnbull
• Kevin William Pitt
• George Cossey
• Alex Hunter
• DARREN PARK
• ken mcdonald
• Veronica Wilkie
• David Shaw
• Bryan Conway
• Ivan Angel
• W. Simpson
• Edward Johnson
• Jason Carling
• Margaret Parkinson
• clifford dent
• Thomas Charles Balfour
• MALCOLM GOLDSPINK
• terry obrien
• Jane Bloor
• j.mcclurg
• Ranjana Bell
• Peter Hammond
• Ian Garrington Baines
• Linda Biggins
• John Bennett
• Andrew Mills
• Bhavita Bhatt
• James Doran
• Steve Welsh
• Peter Mann
• Iain Crombie
• Richard Weston
• S Donaldson
• christine bruce
• TASKER & STONE LTD
• Ian Hemsworth
• Carol Clifford
• Simon Smith
• Peter Whiston
• Terrye Teverson
• Darren Rapp
• Judith Charlesworth
• michael theakston
• Terry McLaughlin
• Steven Robinson
• Jonathan Simpson
• Geoffrey Thould
• Therese Molloy
• jayne johnson
• John Coughlin
• JPL GROUP, PRINT RECRUITMENT SPECIALISTS
• Darren Kantor
• Dulcie Brown
• Michael Barrington
• andrew critchett
• Martin Cockerham
• Anna Askels
• B.P. Wallace
• Phil Thompson
• Gillian Woodland
• Andrew Pearson
• ALISON MCPHERSON
• Mark Lloyd
• Philip Pine
• rose.harvey
• Richard Carr
• Stephen Bullen
• Helen Forster
• Andrew Mackay
• Mat