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Treasury Ministers do not have any outstanding invitations to meet representatives of the groups specified, but will continue to respond to such requests on their merits, should they be made.<\/p>

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UK Government Ministers do however maintain regular contact with their counterparts in the Northern Ireland Executive on a range of matters of mutual interest, and the views of business leaders in Northern Ireland inform their considerations.<\/p>

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The Government has taken significant action to increase bank lending to businesses throughout the UK, including through the Funding for Lending Scheme, and through supporting non-bank lending channels via the British Business Bank.<\/p>

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The Government is also implementing further major reforms to boost competition in the small and medium sized enterprise (SME) lending market through the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill; most notably the measures to improve access to SME credit information and to match SMEs rejected for finance with challenger banks and alternative finance providers that are looking to offer finance.<\/p>

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Furthermore, in Autumn 2013 a joint United Kingdom and Northern Ireland Ministerial Task Force was set up to look at ways to promote lending and increase support specifically for businesses in Northern Ireland.<\/p>

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