Budget expected to unveil credit insurance scheme
The chancellor Alistair Darling is set to unveil plans for a state guaranteed credit insurance scheme in next week's Budget, the FT has reported.
The newspaper has claimed that the scheme will be a central component of the Budget initiatives to help small to medium-sized businesses survive the recession and follows negotiations between insurers
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