One MILLION firms set to shut as banks refuse vital coronavirus loans to businesses and phone lines jammed
With most branches closed, thousands of firms are now struggling to get the cash they were promisedThose that are open are then limiting the number of customers that can be in a branch at any one time, making it even harder for people to get the help promised.
"But we put one of our most senior people on it and as each day passed it was disappointment after disappointment. He said: “The loan is under normal business conditions, which is fine but then don't suggest otherwise. If these businesses can't stay open with emergency loans they are going to have to let go thousands of members of staff.
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