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SME FINANCE AT THREE-YEAR LOW
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SME finance at three-year low
The amount of small businesses using external finance is at its lowest level in three years, a survey suggests. And although seven in ten businesses applying for an overdraft or bank loan are accepted there is a “perception” that they’ll be turned down.
Thirty-nine per cent of the 5,000 Small and Medium-sized businesses questioned had used external finance in the first quarter of this year – the lowest level since the quarterly SME Finance Monitor began in early 2010, and down from 50% in the same period last year.
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