Coronavirus support: Bounce Back Loans
Today the chancellor, Rishi Sunak has announced a new loan for smaller businesses needing a simpler, quicker solution. “Today, we’re announcing a new loan scheme. A simple, quick, easy solution for those in need of smaller loans. Businesses can apply for new Bounce Back Loans up to a maximum of £50,000, or 25% of turnover, with the government paying the interest for the first 12 months. We’ve been in close talks with the banks in recent days and these loans will be available from 9am next Monday. There will be no forward-looking tests of business viability; no complex eligibility criteria; just a simple, quick, standard form for businesses to fill in. For most firms, loans should arrive within 24 hours of approval. And I have decided, for this specific scheme, that the government will support lending by guaranteeing 100% of the loan. We shouldn’t ask taxpayers to bear all the risk of lending almost unlimited sums to businesses who may have very little prospect of paying those loans back – and not necessarily because of coronavirus. So, I don’t think it’s right to provide 100% guarantees on all our schemes. Instead, the new Bounce Back Loans carefully target that extraordinary level of state support at those who need it most. And the £50,000 cap balances the risk to the taxpayer with the need to support our smallest businesses.” We’ll publish more information as the detail is...
read moreNationwide building society delay small business lending.
Last year, Nationwide building society revealed plans to enter the SME loans market. This was great news for the SME who has struggled to get finance as the banks lose their appetite for lending. Unfortunately, after examining their balance sheet, the Prudential Regulation Authority has demanded that the Nationwide bolster their leverage ratio. A spokesman for the Nationwide said, “We have previously said that it is our strategic intention to enter the SME banking market and that we will do this at the right time for the society and our members. That remains our intention.” However they are now unlikely to launch a full SME service before 2016. Read more about it here in the Yorkshire...
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