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<p> </p><p>British Business Bank programmes facilitated £7.5m of new lending and investment
to smaller businesses in Northern Ireland in 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The
Business Bank's Enterprise Finance Guarantee programme supported £5.1 million of additional
lending to Northern Irish businesses during 2013/14, bringing the total amount of
lending through the programme in Northern Ireland to £36.1 million.</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>The Bank's Start Up Loans programme was extended to Northern Ireland
in June 2013 and since then, it has provided 120 loans to Northern Irish start-ups,
lending a total of over £560,000.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for
Business, Innovation and Skills and the Northern Ireland Executive recently hosted
a roadshow in Northern Ireland to promote the delivery of Business Bank programmes
through Northern Irish finance providers and the Business Bank is actively discussing
with the Executive how it can continue to support Northern Irish businesses in the
future.</p><p> </p>
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