Posts Tagged British Banks
Happy Christmas for German businesses while British SMEs get a lump of coal
Posted by Stephen Clarke in Economics, Politics on 27/12/2010
Last week Civitas released a report detailing the successes of the German and Swiss banking systems. In particular the success of the German savings banks and the Swiss cantonal banks allowed German and Swiss businesses to continue to access credit throughout the recession. The benefits of this have been evident in 2010 as both countries recorded exceptional growth. This is in contrast to the UK, where businesses report constrained credit conditions and the Government futilely attempts to chastise the major banks into lending more to British SMEs.
