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Funding for Lending

The latest news and comment on the Funding for Lending scheme

November 2020

  • The Bank of England

    UK firms fear losing access to bounce back loans after lender Tide runs dry

    Exclusive: Almost 100 borrowers may struggle to survive winter unless lender wins new funding

August 2016

  • Bank of England

    Bank of England cuts interest rates to 0.25% and expands QE

  • Mark Carney

    What are the Bank of England's options for Super Thursday?

July 2016

  • Workers pass the Bank of England building

    UK interest rates set to be cut by Bank of England on Thursday

  • Larry Elliott

    Economics viewpoint
    Brexit offers key opportunity to reboot UK economy

    Larry Elliott
  • Characters in Shawshank Redemption

    Bank of England chief economist calls for big post-Brexit stimulus

  • The Royal Bank of Scotland building in London.

    Bank capital rules could be relaxed amid Brexit turmoil

November 2015

  • Lending to small businesses ‘remains relatively tight’, the Bank of England governor, Mark Carney, has said.

    Bank of England extends credit support for small businesses

    Deadline for funding for lending scheme increases by two years in latest attempt to trigger economic growth

March 2015

  • for rent sign

    What George Osborne did for Generation Rent

    London couples on a steady income see the prospect of ever owning their own home receding to zero

December 2014

  • The average amount saved per week just £23.

    A third of people plan to save less next year, research finds

    Which? is urging government to encourage people to save after it found that 33% will save less despite their finances improving

September 2014

  • ballet dancers

    Why alternative forms of finance are becoming popular among small firms

    While the banks might not be lending to small firms, there are plenty of other options, writes Hazel Davis

August 2014

  • Chuka Umunna

    SMEs feeling the pinch as Funding for Lending fails to pick up

  • High street bank branches

    Economics blog
    The economy may be booming, but Funding for Lending isn't

  • Mortgage cheaper than renting home

    Buying a home would save average tenant £1,300 a year over renting

  •  George Osborne drinks a beer during a visit to Marston's Brewery

    Economics blog
    Eurozone can learn from George Osborne and Bank of England stimulus

June 2014

  • Bank of England governor Mark Carney

    Mark Carney's first year as Bank of England governor: the verdicts are in

  • Katie Allen

    How can the Bank of England tame the housing market?

    Katie Allen

May 2014

  • British bank notes

    Loans to business contract despite Funding for Lending plan

    British Chambers of Commerce head says many startups 'frozen out of market' as credit taken by SMEs falls by £723m
  • A branch of TSB

    Business blog
    Lack of enthusiasm for TSB float may signal shrinking retail banking margins

    Margins have risen but the partial withdrawal of the Funding for Lending Scheme will force banks to offer savers better rates
  • ECB president Mario Draghi (L) and Dutch finance minister and eurozone president Jeroen Dijsselbloem

    Economics blog
    Will the European Central Bank take the OECD's advice and embrace QE?

    Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development wants Thursday's ECB council meeting to cut interest rates and embrace quantitative easing
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