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Guidance for individuals investing in peer to peer loans, reporting interest and claiming losses from loans that default.
Find out about our Direct Lending Facility: its benefits, eligibility criteria and how to apply.
How to tax a beneficial loan arrangement for a director or employee.
An infographic to make it easier to understand how the Funding for Lending Scheme works
Annual consultations for the rate per loan of the Public Lending Right scheme
Find out about our Lines of Credit facility: its benefits, eligibility criteria and how to apply.
Form and guidance notes for the local authority monthly borrowing and lending inquiry (MB).
How sample data is collected from libraries to calculate public lending right payments
Individual credit officers are 28% less likely to assess applications correctly when soft information (e.g. caste of applicant) is provided
PLR was established by the Public Lending Right Act 1979 which gave British authors a legal right to receive payment for the free lending of their books by public libraries. The PLR office is now a part of the British...
Consultation on the proposed rate per loan for the 2021 to 2022 Public Lending Right scheme year
The UK publishes information on its sovereign lending in line with the G20 Operational Guidelines for Sustainable Financing.
Form and guidance notes for the local authority quarterly borrowing and lending inquiry (QB).
Consultation on the proposed rate per loan for the 2022 to 2023 Public Lending Right scheme year
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