LEP: Shale gas body fights for SMEs

A newly-formed trade body is calling on the Government to ensure that smaller British firms don’t lose out on the potentially multi-billion pound shale gas supply chain to larger multinationals.

Lancashire businessman Lee Petts has been appointed chief executive of the Onshore Energy Services Group, launched in London yesterday.

The group believes there are three key reasons why small companies need to play a big role if shale gas, and other forms of energy extraction, are to be a British success story:

Small companies are much more likely to recruit and train new people as they grow to meet additional demand for their products and services.
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