August 5, 2007
Jenny Davey
BRITAIN’s biggest businesses are preparing to ride to the rescue of the 10,000 small companies hit by the summer floods.
John Hutton, the new business and enterprise secretary, will announce tomorrow that BT, BP, Shell, Asda, Tesco and Marks & Spencer are among a band of businesses that have pledged to help.
The companies will join a new working group which aims to provide support and assistance to small companies in the affected areas.
Hutton will unveil the initiative during a visit to southwest England tomorrow during which he plans to talk to business people about the difficulties they are facing after the floods and ask what support they need.