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SME lending

News

European Investment Fund and fintech lender iwoca sign €60m deal to fund UK small businesses

Organisations team up in the hope of giving more than 3,000 British small businesses access to finance.

Funding

Show SME the money: Are you aware of your funding options?

For all the talk of SMEs being the engine room of the UK economy, getting funding is still not as easy as some would like: so how can you ensure you know all of your options to give you the best chance of success?

News

Small Business Bill opens door for banking referrals to alternative lenders

The Queen's Speech has made reference to a range of new measures, which will attempt to make the lives of small business owners easier when it comes to finance, employment and prompt payment.

News

George Osborne and Vince Cable lift lid on possible new referral system for failed SME finance requests

Chancellor George Osborne has used his appearance at the Federation of Small Businesses 40th anniversary conference to announce a consolation on helping companies which have failed to secure a loan.

News

Bank lending decision criteria a ‘black box’ for SMEs

Small and medium-sized businesses in the UK are unaware of simple things like having a good credit rating and realistic business plan when it comes to lending, new research suggests.

News

LumeJet secures £250,000 as part of TSB’s £40 million 2013 Smart programme commitment

The Technology Strategy Board's Smart programme has made its latest funding outlay, this time in an inkless printing company.

News

Funding for Lending extended and ‘heavily skewed’ towards SMEs

The government's flagship business finance initiative, the Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS), has been extended until January 2015 and has been given a small business incentive.

News

Funding Circle and Zopa revealed as peer-to-peer lenders receiving portion of Business Finance Partnership cash

Peer-to-peer lending platforms Zopa and Funding Circle are set to receive a share of government capital aimed at stimulating lending to small businesses.

News

Business Bank could be eclipsed by pension funds for finance support

Director pension funds could unlock more than ten times the amount of funding support for small and medium-sized enterprises as the new Business Bank, claims an industry specialist.

News

Government frees up £100 million for social lenders

Non-bank providers of finance will be able to grab a share of the £100 million Small Business Tranche of the Business Finance Partnership after the opening of an application process.

Opinion

Project Merlin – A missed opportunity

Project Merlin has failed to deliver the lending promises set out in February last year, leaving SMEs with no solution to finance problems.

News

Big five banks fail in Project Merlin pledge

Lending to small and medium-sized businesses under the Project Merlin scheme has fallen short of its £76 billion target, new statistics show.