{"id":260,"date":"2014-01-03T17:29:40","date_gmt":"2014-01-03T17:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/?p=260"},"modified":"2022-10-14T13:08:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T13:08:58","slug":"sme-fightback-hobbled-by-financing-shortfall-the-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/?p=260","title":{"rendered":"SME fightback hobbled by financing shortfall – The Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"

SME fightback hobbled by financing shortfall<\/a><\/h3>\n

Thursday, January 02, 2014 \u00a0 – \u00a0By Kyran Fitzgerald – The Examiner<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"“Estimates suggest that as much as \u20ac25bn in loans to the sector could be categorised as troubled; that is, one half of the total funds lent to SMEs. Many businesses are clinging on by their fingernails. Bank lenders, when not pressing hard for repayment, are a bundle of nerves, fearful of adding to their\u00a0bad debt\u00a0burden.”<\/p>\n

Read full article here\u00a0The Examiner<\/a><\/p>\n

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