Structured Guarantees
The British Business Bank (BBB) is the UK economic development bank with an objective of making finance markets work better for small businesses.
The BBB typically operates on a wholesale basis through the existing financial ecosystem with lenders partnering with the BBB in areas that increase the supply, diversity and regionality of finance for UK SMEs.
Structured Guarantees (SGs) is one of the wholesale product offerings provided by the BBB.
It primarily supports the BBB’s objectives by aiming to increase the availability of finance to UK SMEs and promoting competition within the SME debt finance market.
It does this by encouraging lenders to increase their lending by, for example, addressing the high capital consumption associated with such lending.
SGs is branded as two separate programmes, but the underlying aims and structures are broadly the same for both: 1.ENABLE Guarantees: T…
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The BBB typically operates on a wholesale
The BBB typically operates on a wholesale basis through the existing financial ecosystem with lenders partnering with the BBB in areas that increase the supply, diversity and regionality of finance for UK SMEs.
This programme is not limited in
This programme is not limited in the types of lending it can support, as long as the underlying lending is targeted at UK SMEs.
Examples of the types of lending supported
Examples of the types of lending supported include secured lending against commercial property to support a business’s working capital or growth needs, dealer floorplan finance, and asset / invoice finance.
2.ENABLE Build: The programme was launched in
2.ENABLE Build: The programme was launched in 2019 with the BBB operating the scheme on behalf of Ministry for Housing Community and Local Government (MHCLG), the government department responsible for housebuilding.
Lenders under the programmes are required
Lenders under the programmes are required to report monthly or quarterly on the performance of the transactions.
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