UK lenders provide 2.8 billion pounds in emergency COVID loans

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's banks have provided 2.8 billion pounds in emergency loans to small and medium-sized companies under a government-backed scheme to help businesses survive the coronavirus lockdown, an industry group said on Thursday.UK Finance said total lending under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) had grown by 1.45 billion pounds in the week from April 14.Some businesses have said they have struggled to use the scheme to get access to cash quickly.UK..