SMEs brace for double whammy as credit crunch returns

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Series Details 26.9.11
Publication Date 26/09/2011
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The worsening situation of European banks is likely to hit hardest on financial flows to small businesses which are already heavily suffering from the consequences of the crisis, policymakers and sector specialists warned in September 2011.

Feature forms part of a EurActiv Special Report 'SMEs Access to Finance', September 2011.
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EurActiv: Special Report: SMEs: Access to Finance http://www.euractiv.com/specialreport-smes-access-to-finance
ESO: Background information: Bank capital rules squeeze lending, lobby warns http://www.europeansources.info/record/bank-capital-rules-squeeze-lending-lobby-warns/
EurActiv, 30.9.11: SMEs' European future: Foreign embassies and easy cash? http://www.euractiv.com/specialreport-smes-access-finance/commission-mulls-foreign-embassies-easy-cash-smes-news-508023
EurActiv, 30.9.11: EU to extend microcredit help beyond 2013 http://www.euractiv.com/specialreport-smes-access-finance/extended-microcredits-help-roma-handbags-news-508055
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