SME Finance Charter
Five pledges from UK banks and finance providers to support their small and medium sized business (SME) customers.
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The Charter consists of 5 commitments that provide a framework for finance providers to set out their specific undertaking to SMEs.
The SME Finance Charter
Five pledges from UK banks and finance providers to support their SME customers:
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These high-level commitments have been signed off by the Business Finance Council, a collaboration between finance providers, business organisations and government.
They reflect the areas that government, finance providers and businesses have identified as being significant in ensuring that the SME finance market works effectively.
Updates to this page
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Art Business Loans and Optimum Finance added to list of signatories.
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Added HSBC to list of lenders signed up to the Charter.
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List of lenders updated.
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List of lenders signed up to the Charter, and links to their commitments added.
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First published.