The report Roads To Success: SME Exports (HL 131) examines the
crucial role of Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the UK
which have a crucial role to play if the UK is to achieve
export-led recovery. There are nearly five million SMEs in the UK,
but only a very small number of these are helped by UK Export
Finance (UKEF), with only 21 receiving help from the agency up to
August 2012. UKEF services need to be better promoted both to SMEs
and banks who act as the gatekeeper to the scheme. The Committee
say that unless banks are prepared to take on some of the risks of
lending to exporters, then UKEF's programs are 'dead in the water'.
The transition from loan decisions being made by local bank
managers to a centralized process driven by formulae has weakened
SME access to bank finance. Local bank managers are much better
placed to make informed decisions about loan applications from
small local businesses. SMEs must also do more to explor
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