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Enterprise Finance Guarantee quarterly statistics (1st quarter of FY 2019-20)

Download the latest performance data for the Enterprise Finance Guarantee, for the 1st quarter of FY 2019-20:

In April 2016, the British Business Bank published its Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) Scheme Strategic and Operational Design Review 2015/6.

In November 2017, London Economics, with support from Ipsos MORI, published a positive economic evaluation of the Enterprise Finance Guarantee (.PDF, 1.44 MB)(Opens in a new window) Scheme.

EFG performance

  • Budget 2017 (November) announced that EFG would be extended for a further four years and expanded to support up to £500 million per year.
  • To date, more than 35,000 loans have been drawn down under the EFG programme, to a value of over £3.3 billion (as at end June 2019).
  • There are currently over 40 accredited lenders offering EFG-supported borrowing facilities to smaller businesses).