Tag Archives: growth
Understanding the Economic Impact of Late Payments – July 2025
| Sector: | Entrepreneurship & SMEs. | |
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| Client: | Department for Business and Trade and the Office of the Small Business Commissioner | |
| Published: | 31 July, 2025 |
Late payment has long been recognized as a significant problem for businesses. However, until now there has been a lack of methodologically robust evidence on the nature and magnitude of this problem. A recent study delivered by London Economics for the Department for Business and Trade and the Office of the Small Business Commissioner bridges […]
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Supporting Businesses During Times of Crisis: Evaluation of the Covid-19 Loan Guarantee Schemes – May 2025
| Sector: | Public Policy. | |
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| Client: | British Business Bank | |
| Published: | 12 May, 2025 |
In response to the enormous challenge faced by businesses as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the government rapidly deployed around £80 billion of finance to businesses through three loan guarantee schemes (BBLS, CBILS and CLBILS). In 2021 London Economics were commissioned to lead a large interdisciplinary team conducting a mutli-year evaluation of the schemes. […]