The APPG on Fair Business Banking is excited to announce the release of its SME Manifesto. Developed in collaboration with leading industry experts, this manifesto presents a comprehensive strategy for the next government to transform the UK's financial landscape for small and medium-sized enterprises.

Alongside the APPG on Anti-Corruption & Responsible Tax, we have today launched a new ‘Economic Crime Manifesto’, outlining four pillars of recommended reform: Transparency, Regulation, Enforcement and Accountability.

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fair Business Banking has begun the process of building an SME Manifesto. This document aims to address the significant challenges facing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the areas of finance and dispute resolution.

We’ve today launched a major report on De-Banking in the UK, which reveals a growing problem: individuals and businesses are increasingly being denied access to vital banking services and often find themselves unable to establish why.

The APPG is currently taking legal action challenging the FCA’s decision not to act on John Swift QC’s findings that the IRHP Redress Scheme adopted flawed eligibility criteria.

The Business Banking Resolution Service (‘BBRS’) has suffered a crisis of leadership and confidence, with the resignation of the Chair of the SME Liaison Panel established to represent the interests of small businesses who allege mistreatment by banks, followed by the allegedly ultra vires announcement by the BBRS that it intends to abolish the Panel he led.

We are delighted to have published our new report, Building a Framework for Compensation and Redress. The report makes key recommendations and sets out the key building blocks of a fair compensation scheme. We hope this can act as a guide for future schemes.

Throughout months of engagement with Lloyds Banking Group, the Foskett Panel and the SME Alliance to improve the customer experience of the Re-Review Process, we pushed to make it clear that many victims of the HBOS Reading fraud simply cannot continue to wait any longer for compensation, having already waited 15 years.