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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Vicky Shaw

Giving entrepreneurs better mortgage and pension access ‘could boost economy’

The Federation of Small Businesses said financial barriers should be removed to make it easier for entrepreneurs to get a mortgage and save for retirement (Alamy/PA) -

Removing barriers to self-employed people getting mortgages or being able to retire could help to boost entrepreneurship and grow the UK economy, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

A survey of more than 1,300 self-employed people commissioned by the FSB found that a quarter (25%) said being self-employed has made it harder to access a mortgage.

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