Why UK business need funds to grow and global talent to capture new markets

How can we turn George Osborne’s much used phrase “march of the makers” into reality? We need to rebalance the UK economy, says Michael Kitson: rebalance our industrial sectors; rebalance our regions; and rebalance our balance of payments. But two years on from when he first promised to deliver that “march” there is still a problem as the financial sector remains seized up, with many small and medium size enterprises unable to access funds to borrow to invest.