130K inquiries, 1K loans: why UK government had to tweak help for small firms | Small business | The Guardian
What was wrong with the government’s first version of its emergency loan package for small businesses? The problem is vividly illustrated by this statistic: only 983 companies have had loans approved so far. That’s versus 130,000 inquiries.
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