In Britain, banks still face high borrowing costs and remain nervous about lending more to small and medium-sized enterprises: a new credit-easing programme about to be introduced by the BoE and the Treasury is long overdue.

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New links between Scottish universities and small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are being established in a bid to increase graduate job opportunities.

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Converting the entire building infrastructure of the EU will generate millions of jobs and create new opportunities for thousands of small and medium-sized enterprises stretching over a 40-year period.

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He announced a range of new finance and insurance products as part of a Trade and Investment White Paper aimed at helping small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to export more goods overseas.

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This quarter, Baidu excelled on cost management and gained traction in ad sales to larger enterprises, expanding on its customer base of small- and medium-sized firms, said New York-based analyst Colin W. Gillis, who tracks Baidu for Canaccord Adams.

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