Glossary
AMSCI:
Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative
BBB: British Business
Bank
BIS: The Department for
Business, Innovation and Skills
Business Growth Service:
See
www.greatbusiness.gov.uk/businessgrowthservice/
Crowd-funding:
The practice of funding a project or venture by raising many small
amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via
the internet
EFG: Enterprise Guarantee
Scheme
GIB: Green Investment
Bank
GREAT Campaign: See www.greatbusiness.gov.uk/
Gross Value Added:
The value of goods and services produced in an area, industry
or sector
LEP: Local
Enterprise Partnership
MAS: Manufacturing Advisory
Service
Peer-to-peer lending:
A method of debt financing that enables individuals to borrow
and lend money directly (i.e. without the use of an official financial
institution as an intermediary)
RGF: Regional Growth Fund
SME: Small or Medium sized
Enterprise
The Department: The Department
for Business, Innovation and Skills
UKEF: United Kingdom Export
Finance
UKTI: United Kingdom Trade
and Investment
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