Government Schemes
The Government has developed a number of schemes and measures to help SMEs get access to finance and support them in their growth. Here are the primary schemes designed to help small and medium-sized businesses grow in 2013… Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme (EFG) Smart Scheme (R&D) Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) UK Export Finance (UKEF) UK Innovation Investment Fund (UKIIF) Enterprise Capital Funds (ECFs) Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) Business Angel Co-Investment Fund StartUp Loans National Loan Guarantee Scheme (NLGS) Community Development Finance Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme (EFG) The Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) scheme is designed to facilitate loans to viable SMEs that lack the security or track record for a busiens... »