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Small Businesses: Finance

Commons · Question 86423 · Tabled 29 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 3 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Joe Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what conversations his Department has had with relevant stakeholders to improve access to finance for small and medium businesses in (a) Hexham constituency, (b) Northumberland, (c) Newcastle, (d) the

Answer

Answered by Blair McDougall, 3 Nov 2025

Representatives of the British Business Bank’s UK Network hold regular discussions with relevant stakeholders to improve access to finance in the North-East, as well as providing intelligence that helps inform future market interventions. North-East busin...