This statistic presents the difficulties faced by small and medium enterprises (SME) in obtaining financing from the first source they had approached, according to SMEs employers in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2014. The question was posed only to those businesses that had applied for external financing in the 12 months preceding the survey. A total of 58 percent had no difficulty in obtaining the money from the first source they had approached.
Problems with obtaining external financing according to small and medium enterprises in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 2014
Question H9 read as follows: 'Did you have any difficulties in obtaining this finance from the first source you approached?'. Survey was conducted among small and medium businesses with employees. Three categories were distinguished, based on employees numbers: micro businesses (1 to 9 employees), small businesses (10 to 49 employees) and medium businesses (50 to 250 employees).
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