Nationwide to lend to SMEs

The Nationwide Building Society announced a big increase in lending in the last year and said it would move into the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) market.

The Nationwide Building Society announced a big increase in lending in the last year and said it would move into the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) market.

The mutual increased its gross lending by 44% to £18.4bn in the year to the end of March.

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