Monday 12 January 2009

Loans dry up for small businesses

Dubai: Many of the UAE's small businesses, considered to be the backbone of the economy, are facing acute shortage of financing from banks, a study says.

Credit conditions have become difficult over the last few months, as events in the financial world have stirred credit markets across the globe.

Small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs), which constitute more than 85 per cent of businesses in the UAE, have also been struggling to obtain credit.

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