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The prime minister has said the government is committed to encouraging enterprise and entrepreneurship.
In a speech to the Conservative party spring forum in Cardiff, David Cameron set out his plan to revitalise the economy.
"There's only one strategy for growth we can have now and that is rolling up our sleeves and doing everything possible to make it easier for businesses to grow, to invest, to take people on," he said.
"Back small firms. Boost enterprise. Be on the side of everyone in this country who wants to create jobs, and wealth and opportunity."
Cameron said the coalition government is "taking on the enemies of enterprise".
The prime minister said smaller firms would be encouraged to bid for government contracts and attacked "bureaucrats in government departments who concoct those ridiculous rules and regulations that make life impossible for small firms.
"The town hall officials who take forever to make those planning decisions that can be make or break for a business - and the investment and jobs that go with it.
"The public sector procurement managers who think that the answer to everything is a big contract with a big business and who shut out millions of Britain's small and medium sized companies from a massive potential market."
The prime minister, speaking ahead of the budget on March 23, said the government wants "less debt, more saving; less borrowing, more investment; less dependence on financial services, more new industries, exports and trade".
Cameron also said the Conservative party "stands by those reaching for freedom in the Middle East".
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