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Optimism still high among small businesses

Confidence remains high among small UK businesses, but owner-managers are generally less optimistic than a year ago and the number of bankruptcies is forecast to increase. These are the findings of two separate surveys, published today. Almost three-quarters of small...

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Commercial banks increase share of small business lending –...

Lending by the most important institutional supplier of credit to small firms, commercial banks, increased in 2002-2003, according to a…

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Minister promises aid to small businesses

The government plans help small- and medium-sized companies by cutting expenses and aiding exporters to boost their share of gross…

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Agency to eliminate NIS 10m rural SME loans budget

From next year, the Jewish Agency has decided to eliminate its NIS 10 million budget for small businesses and enterprises…

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Small businesses to be paid more attention

A programme for Russia's social and economic development until 2008 has been already supplemented with a chapter on small business,…

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SBA budget would trim funds for low-income entrepreneurs

The Bush administration's proposed budget increases funding for two popular small-business loan programmes, but it cuts money for venture capital…

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Turkey and Russia sign cooperation protocol for small businesses

Erkan Gurkan, Chairman of the Small and Medium Industry Development Organization (KOSGEB), and Alexander Runov, president of the Russian Agency…

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Government loans to encourage Indonesian SMEs

Working hand-in-hand with the four state banks: Bank Mandiri, Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI), Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) and Bank Tabungan…

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3bn baht fund to be set up to help...

Local bankers and capital market organisations are setting up a three-billion-baht venture capital fund to assist small businesses hit by…

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Banco Los Andes opens doors to micro and SMEs...

Former Bolivian mutual aid society Caja Los Andes officially began operations as a bank on 3 January, focusing its business…

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IBK to lend 20 trillion won to SMEs

The Industrial Bank of Korea will lend 20 trillion won (US$19bn) to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) this year, up…

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Recent loans and grants by EIB and EBRD

EIB December 2: A Ђ150m global loan for development of leasing and lending facilities to support investment by small- and…

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MFB introduces HUF 100bn in new low-cost loans to...

The state-owned Hungarian Development Bank (MFB) will make another HUF 100bn in low-cost loans available to small businesses and local…

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