Start Up Loans milestone with more than £14 5million worth of loans issued to over 1,600 Northern Ireland firms newsletter.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsletter.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In Northern Ireland, £5.4m (37%) of loans have gone to female founders and more than £603,000 (4%) to people from black, asian and other ethnic minority backgrounds
The UK government has handed £1bn out to small firms via its start up loans scheme. The programme, created to help entrepreneurs start and scale up their business has now provided the funding to over 100,000 businesses across the country.
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