Exit Strategies

Rishi Sunak mulls tightening up capital gains tax as way to repay estimated £300bn cost of COVID-19 to Government

Banking

Business secretary Alok Sharma has already mooted national development bank that would lend to small and medium-sized businesses

Funding

Government should convert £35bn worth COVID-19 debt gone bad into tax owing to save nearly 800,000 SMEs from going under, say 200 financial experts

Alternative Finance for Business

As small business faces a deepening late payments crisis, invoice finance – borrowing against unpaid invoices – is surging in popularity.

Funding

Three former advisors to chancellors call on government to supercharge the amount of cash available to invest in high-growth businesses to £30bn

Venture Capital Funding

The Treasury has announced the £500m Future Fund tech start-up bailout scheme, which could see the government owning half of some of Britain's fastest-growing companies