The SME finance monitor: The de facto authority on access to finance conditions in the UK
Shiona Davies and Caroline AhmedBDRC Continental
Summary
Bank lending to SMEs is at the heart of the debate about how the UK is to achieve growth, and an important policy strand for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. However there was a lack of robust and reliable data on which to base policy, a gap filled since 2011 by the SME Finance Monitor.
This extensive dataset is recognized by both public andprivate sector stakeholders as the de facto authority on...