At Ј30m, NatWest Bank led the list of loans made under the Small Firms Loan Guarantee Scheme during the six months to end-September 2000, making up 23% of the Ј129m total.
NatWest was followed by Lloyds TSB Bank at Ј26m, Barclays Bank at Ј25m and HSBC Bank at Ј19m.