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RBS lending pledge to small firms

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The Royal Bank of Scotland is to guarantee overdraft rates and contracts for its business customers for at least a year.

It is the first bank to promise not to withdraw its lending facilities in an effort to help its 1.1 million business customers survive the global downturn.

Joe Lynam reports.

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