THE picture on lending to small and medium-sized firms is still far from clear but the Scottish Government's Access to Finance report contains a lot of useful data to add to the debate.
It will come as little surprise that generally banks want to provide credit to low-risk and well-established businesses.
There is a welcome indication of greater competition with Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group seeing their combined market share dropping to 70%.
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