Tag Archives: finance
How Can Governments Best Support Businesses During Times of Crisis? An Evaluation of the Covid-19 Loan Guarantee Schemes, Led by London Economics, Addresses This Question
| Sector: | Public Policy. | |
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| Client: | British Business Bank | |
| Published: | 28 November, 2023 |
In March 2020, in response to the massive disruption caused to businesses by the Covid-19 pandemic, the government rapidly deployed £78bn of finance to business through the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS), the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) and the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS). The second of three phases of the […]
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Europe’s Space Sector: Unlocking Potential Through R&D
| Sector: | Space. | |
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| Client: | N/A | |
| Published: | 31 August, 2023 |
Investing in space R&D and hence encouraging innovation can foster firm-level growth in the space sector and ultimately boost the economy. Despite empirical evidence from the UK and support from the broader literature, there is still a large gap in R&D investments in the European space sector which needs to be filled to maintain the […]
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Market Assessment – UK Venture Capital Market for Early-stage Clean Tech Companies – March 2023
| Sector: | Data & technology. | |
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| Client: | Department for Energy Security & Net Zero | |
| Published: | 13 March, 2023 |
The Department for Energy Security & Net Zero commissioned London Economics to assess the UK venture capital (VC) market for early-stage clean tech companies, aimed at enabling economic activity to provide goods and services while generating significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions. This study examines the state of early-stage investment in UK clean tech companies, comparing […]
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Spatial Data for Financial Management
| Sector: | Space. | |
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| Client: | N/A | |
| Published: | 8 February, 2023 |
In this issue of Space in Focus, Tom Goulding outlines the potential for spatial data, including satellite-based Earth Observation, to contribute to sustainability in the financial sector.
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SMEs in the COVID-19 Recovery: Which SMEs Faced Most Pressing Challenges?
| Sector: | Finance. | |
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| Client: | Internal document | |
| Published: | 7 December, 2022 |
SME & Entrepreneurship Working Paper No. 1 Technical Annex Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and into 2021, SMEs have experienced challenging economic circumstances due to lockdowns and social distancing measures, supply chain constraints, and a tight labour market. This paper investigates the relative importance of various problems that SMEs have faced in the […]
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The Creative Industry Tax Reliefs Evaluation
| Sector: | Public Policy. | |
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| Client: | HM Revenue & Customs | |
| Published: | 17 November, 2022 |
1.1 Key points from the evaluation there is strong evidence that the tax reliefs across film, high-end TV, animation and children’s TV have made the UK a more attractive filming and production location, and led to more productions taking place in the UK the reliefs were seen as having aspects which made them competitive beyond […]
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Evaluation of the Bounce Back Loan Scheme, Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme, and Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme – June 2022
| Sector: | Finance. | |
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| Client: | British Business Bank | |
| Published: | 14 June, 2022 |
In March 2020, in response to the global pandemic and corresponding wide-ranging business impacts and uncertainty, the government rapidly designed and deployed a series of three loan-guarantee schemes – the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS), the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS) and Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS). These aimed to support smaller […]