The small business grant scheme is to receive a 5% top-up aimed at SME’s that don’t pay rates including those using shared workspaces. Find out more.
Read more →Can you apply for a Bounce Back Loan of up to £50,000, interest and repayment free for 1 year, 100% guaranteed and at a rate of 2.5% pa? Find out more.
Read more →Government announces 12-month interest-free small business Bounce Back Loans scheme with £50,000 limit and 100% guarantee.
Read more →Pressure intensifies on Rishi Sunak to offer 100% government-backed loans as part of the coronavirus bailout scheme or thousands of SMEs will fail.
Read more →Hundreds of thousands of businesses are still waiting for emergency grants and loans as the government faces a “crunch week” for its coronavirus support measures for SMEs.
Read more →Just 2,500 SME businesses hage received just over £450m under CBILS in 3 weeks, whereas in Switzerland they managed to disburse £12.4bn to 76,034 businesses in the first week. Why can’t we get it right?
Read more →Just 2,022 loans, totalling only £290M, have been made to the UK’s SMEs through the government’s coronavirus business loans scheme. That’s less than 1% approval rate, shocking.
Read more →The Chancellor announced a number of significant changes to how the Coronavirus Loans Scheme will operate forcing banks to increase lending under it. But what does it really mean for SMEs facing the wall?
Read more →British banks have been told to put their shoulder to the wheel and get lending to SME businesses across the country.
Read more →Study suggests some SMEs will struggle to secure government cash in coronavirus lockdown and may fail within 4 weeks.
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