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Reforms to the Prompt Payment Code announced today, encouraging companies to stand by smaller suppliers.
£250 million of Start Up Loans have been made available to entrepreneurs, Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark announced today.
The Start Up Loans Company has now offered more than £100 million to entrepreneurs wanting to set up their own business.
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Start-Up Loans has now supported its 1000th young entrepreneur
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New 100% government backed loan scheme for small business
The Government is to give the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) the power to suspend a consumer credit licence with immediate effect where there …
Funding for debt advice providers to help people affected by Coronavirus.
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More funding to tackle unlawful lending, and an increase in the amount of money seized from loan sharks to support those most vulnerable to their nasty tactics
The first wave of cash from the £82.5 million Start-Up Loans scheme is now being distributed to young entrepreneurs, helping launch up to 30,000 new companies.
More than 69,000 Bounce Back Loans worth over £2 billion have been approved during the first 24 hours of the scheme, the Chancellor has announced.
18 to 24-year-olds to gain access to StartUp loans and expert, personal support to help develop business plans and access training.
Age range increased from 24 to 30 to meet demand, and help more new businesses get affordable finance.
The first Start-Up Loans to young Northern Irish entrepreneurs will be made this summer, Business Secretary Vince Cable announced today.
Thousands more young people have the opportunity to apply for government loans to turn their business ideas into reality.
Rishi Sunak is taking further action to support firms affected by coronavirus by bolstering business interruption loans and announcing a new scheme for larger companies.
The government has announced the sale of outstanding student loans owed by around a quarter of a million borrowers for £160 million.
The government's Start Up Loan scheme approves 25,000th business loan, taking the amount lent to new firms to nearly £130 million.
Plans to increase the minimum debt which can trigger bankruptcy proceedings and improve the low cost debt relief system are being considered by the government.
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