Save our SMEs

The government has lent nearly £52bn to businesses via its emergency coronavirus loans funding schemes as companies try to weather

Coronavirus has changed our lives, there’s no denying that. But it’s also changed the way a huge number of businesses

Our government-backed loan schemes have been a demonstration of what can happen when banks, the government and businesses work together. 

The Treasury has told banks they should be lending more to struggling companies through the main coronavirus loan scheme after

Banks have now lent out £49.4bn through the three main government-backed loan schemes, according to Treasury data released today. Banks

Natwest has closed the accounts of some small business customers who applied for the government’s coronavirus loans to help them

Sadiq Khan has once again called on the government to extend its furlough scheme for struggling sectors ahead of changes

It has been nearly four months since the Treasury introduced the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) in a bid

A record 527,000 businesses were in significant financial distress at the end of June, an increase of 33,000 since the

The daily lists of cases, tests and R numbers tell a tale of the scale of the Covid-19 crisis, but

MPs today blasted chancellor Rishi Sunak’s coronavirus support measures, saying he has turned his back on 1m Brits during the

A group of MPs and Lords has written to lenders to try to ensure they take into account changes to