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In-depth: Think big in SME

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The sector is acutely aware that SME is its bread and butter so it’s important for brokers to keep up with the changes and trends. We examine the importance of working with micro SMEs and what brokers need to know about in the emerging science and tech sectors

  From little acorns…

 

Some of the biggest companies started as micro-SMEs, and as Sam Barrett writes, brokers could profit from getting in on the ground floor with small businesses

 

Concerns are mounting in the broker micro-SME sector. With margins tight and plenty of common ground across some areas of cover, many fear this area of business is set to become increasingly commoditised. 

While there’s nothing to stop the aggregators trying to become the only way for ‘white van man’ to arrange

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