SME lending down despite mortgage-free FLS

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SME lending down despite mortgage-free FLS

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The UK government’s Funding for Lending (FLS) scheme has turned in another set of disappointing net lending figures for small and medium sized enterprises in the second quarter of this year, Bank of England figures showed on Thursday. That is despite Q2 being the first full quarter since the central bank revamped the scheme to discount mortgage lending in a bid to focus more heavily on businesses.

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