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Vince Cable’s Business Bank: A broker’s viewpoint

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To address the difficulties businesses face with obtaining funds for investment, the Business Secretary, Vince Cable, announced the setting up of a Business Bank, and the Angel CoFund. The analysis in this article reveals that all is not as it would seem. Far from being a public sector intervention, the role of the bank is to encourage the development of private sector solutions. The Angel CoFund has had some successes but a company needs to ‘secure the interest’ of a first time investor. The article argues that German-style Sparkassen are needed: that is, regional banks that provide the seed money for SMEs to get off the ground and grow. Without something like this business growth in the UK will be wanting.

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  • Graham Allen, 2013. "Vince Cable’s Business Bank: A broker’s viewpoint," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 28(7-8), pages 911-913, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:loceco:v:28:y:2013:i:7-8:p:911-913
    DOI: 10.1177/0269094213501450
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