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Governments Have Promised Small Business Loans. Getting Them Isn’t Easy.

On both sides of the Atlantic, programmes offering billions of dollars in government loans to small businesses have made for powerful headlines. But these loans, typically distributed by commercial banks, come with plenty of hurdles for those who need funding most.
Bank office blocks in Canary Wharf, London. Government funding for small businesses is made available through accredited lenders, many of them commercial banks. | Source: Getty
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  • Rachel Deeley

LONDON, United Kingdom

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