Community Fund Gets More Cash to Help Small Businesses Leave the Starting Line ; Finance

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More money has been given to a Birmingham-based community business lending fund in order to help it deal with an influx of demand as the recession makes it harder to attract people into the world of enterprise.

The Aston Reinvestment Trust (ART) was given additional funding from regional development agency Advantage West Midlands (AWM) in order to ensure that small businesses with viable propositions, which can't get funding from the banks, are still able to access the finance they need.

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Community Fund Gets More Cash to Help Small Businesses Leave the Starting Line ; Finance

After a quieter-than-expected first half-year in 2008 when its share of a poun...

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