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2019-10-09 | |
发布年 | 2019 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 英国 |
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正文(英文) | Press release Banks pledge their support to SMEs through Brexit and beyond in new CharterBritain’s top banks and others reaffirm their commitment to back British business through access to finance, helping SMEs plan for the future ahead of Brexit. ![]()
In a new SME Finance Charter published today (Wednesday 9 October), Britain’s top banks and others reaffirmed their commitment to back British business through access to finance, helping SMEs plan for the future ahead of Brexit on 31 October and beyond. The Charter was adopted at the first meeting of the new Business Finance Council, co-chaired by Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom and Economic Secretary to the Treasury John Glen today. The Council was attended by representatives from Britain’s leading banks, alternative lenders and representatives from the British Chambers of Commerce and the Federation of Small Businesses. The SME Finance Charter is made up of 5 overarching pledges that provide a framework for lenders to set out their own individual commitments to SMEs in the coming weeks. In order to become signatories to the Charter, each lender will need to demonstrate what specific actions they are taking to deliver on the pledges. Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom said:
The 5 pledges made by finance providers through the SME Finance Charter include:
These 5 areas were identified by the Council as significant to ensure that the SME finance market works effectively and coupled with the cross-sector backing for the Charter secured today, demonstrates the attention and support that the UK gives to its SMEs. Small Business Minister Kelly Tolhurst said:
The Economic Secretary to the Treasury, John Glen, said:
UK Finance CEO Stephen Jones said:
The Council will continue work to identify and address any barriers faced by small and mid-sized businesses on an ongoing basis, with a focus on securing finance and getting ready for Brexit on 31 October. The Council membership is made up of major lenders and alternative finance providers, as well as ministers, UK Finance and the Finance and Leasing Association, the British Business Bank and business representative organisations. Notes to editorsThe secretariat for the Council is provided by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, HM Treasury and UK Finance, ensuring that British business gets the support it deserves across government and the financial sector. The full list of signatories to the Charter, together with links to their individual statements, will be published on the Charter page. The need for the Business Finance Council will be reviewed after 6 months. £1.3 billion is available to lenders through the government-owned British Business Bank so they can enable their SME customers to invest in capital, increase export capabilities and manage cashflow: £300 million headroom available this financial year through the Enterprise Finance Guarantee which helps viable smaller businesses that lack sufficient security against which to borrow; and £1 billion available over the longer term under the ENABLE Guarantee, which helps reduce the amount of regulatory capital lenders need to hold against loans to small businesses. The British Business Bank is already supporting over £6.6 billion of finance to almost 90,000 SMEs.
Published 9 October 2019
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