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The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy does not hold data on the number of UK-based businesses with an annual turnover at the intervals provided in the question.<\/p>
<\/p>
The Office for National Statistics publishes annual data on UK-based business with an annual turnover of between (a) £0-£49,000, (b) £50,000-£99,000, (c) £100,000-£249,000 etc.[1]<\/p>
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[1] ONS, UK Business: Activity, Size and Location (Table 11)<\/em><\/p>"}
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For example, under the Bank\u2019s Guarantee Assurance Analytics programme, BBLS lenders are investigating several thousand facilities with potential data inconsistencies, including regarding incorporation dates.<\/p> <\/p> We are unable to disclose the rates of indicators of suspected fraud by individual lender at this time due to the commercially sensitive nature of this information.<\/p> <\/p> Full lists of all accredited lenders as at scheme closures on 31 March 2021 are as follows:<\/p> <\/p> CBILS<\/strong><\/p><\/td> BBLS<\/strong><\/p><\/td> CLBILS<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> ABN AMRO<\/p><\/td> Bank of Scotland<\/p><\/td> Bank of Scotland<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Aldermore<\/p><\/td> Barclays<\/p><\/td> Barclays<\/p><\/td><\/tr> ART Business Loans<\/p><\/td> Clydesdale / Yorkshire Banks<\/p><\/td> Clydesdale / Yorkshire Bank<\/p><\/td><\/tr> AskIf<\/p><\/td> Danske Bank<\/p><\/td> Danske Bank<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bank of Ireland UK<\/p><\/td> HSBC<\/p><\/td> HSBC UK<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bank 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One<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> KSEYE<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Aspen Bridging<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Pluto Finance<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> The Government\u2019s White Paper on \u201cRestoring Trust in Audit and Corporate Governance: Proposals for Reform\u201d was published in March this year and proposed the introduction of managed shared audit as part of a package of measures, which together aim to improve corporate governance, quality of accounting, auditing and their regulation, and competition and resilience in in the FTSE 350 audit market, for the UK\u2019s largest companies.<\/p> <\/p> The Government is currently considering all submissions from stakeholders, in response to the White Paper and will publish a Government response to the consultation in due course.<\/p>"}
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