"John: I'm asking the government to look outside the box. I just used the Student Loan system as a suggested method. What's needed is that small businesses are dealt with directly - they should be given money without the underwriting…"

"@Trevor Well worth digging into this subject. I guess the closest we have to a student loan is the performance loan setup, but like much of the finance available it will be the underwriting requirements set by the provider which are the biggest…"

"I've just been looking at the way my local LEP provides small business support - it poses questions, to which I would like to promote discussion: http://www.eastcoastradio.co.uk/articles/small-business-support/"