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EIF has been critical for entrepreneurs as traditional financing dried up
Jeremie funds for UK small businesses drawn from EU regional development money
Areas outside south-east remain starved of equity finance
£40m buyout drive raised by Edge Investments will be the first government-backed fund for the sector
Growth in spending to outstrip returns from Osborne’s planned sale of assets
Investment in UK growing 50% a year
Keith Morgan, chief of the state-owned British Business Bank, says alternative finance not enough
Review follows complaints from small businesses given credit under government’s EFG scheme
Chancellor also expected to announce extension to Funding for Lending
Authority to buy invoices of small businesses through a peer-to-peer site and collect the debt
Call for British Business Bank to help more smaller groups, not just market leaders
State-backed scheme aims to share risk of some losses on loans
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