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European
Investment Bank
(EIB)
&
European Investment Fund
(EIF)
In brief:
type:
Loan. To support / guarantee
banks' loans.
Target:
(EIB) Small and medium sized
companies.
& (EIF) Business projects
which have environmental benefit.
Details:
The EIB provides loans to banks
and leasing companies to help
provide finance to small
and medium sized companies.
The operators of EIB supported
schemes are currently Barclays
Bank, Barclays Mercantile, Lombard
Business Finance, Forward Trust
and Lloyds Bowmaker.
The EIF provides loan guarantees
in conjunction, for example,
with Barclays Bank's "Environment
Loan Facility". Involving
EIB and EIF, the facility was
designed to assist business
to finance investments that
produce a quantifiable environmental
benefit (energy usage, raw material
usage etc.).
Contact:
Links:
Business Link: T. (0845) 756 7765
(signpost line)
EIB: T. (020) 7343 1200
EIF:
Or contact the operators listed above.
Most of this information
was sourced from the DTI publication :
A Guide to Help for Small Business,
(URN 99/1112)
Further Information.
Every effort has been made to ensure
that the information on this page, is accurate, but no legal
responsibility can be accepted for any errors or omissions.
Most of this information was sourced from the DTI publication :
A Guide to Help for Small Business, (URN 99/1112). This
can be ordered from the DTI Web site:
Or from:
DTI Publications Orderline
Admail 528
LONDON
SW1W 8YT
T. (0870) 1502 500
F. (0870) 1502 333
Textphone: (0870) 1502 100
