Finance solution to lack of funding in high-value manufacturing

Posted on 18 Nov 2015 by Jonny Williamson

The Finance & Leasing Association and the Manufacturing Technologies Association have released a joint report calling on the Government to help improve the future financing of high-value manufacturing by increasing the use of asset finance (leasing and hire purchase) through the Regional Growth Fund (RGF).

Published ahead of the Spending Review later this month, the report – Investing for growth: Boosting the real economy – urges the Chancellor to retain the RGF and extend the eligibility criteria to include those SMEs who can obtain funding from other sources, as this would help to channel much needed finance to those firms…

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