The government's export credit agency, the Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD), will launch an Export Working Capital Scheme, a Bond Support Scheme, and will support banks offering foreign exchange hedging contracts to SMEs by sharing credit risk.

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The Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD), however, sees its role less as an active promoter of British exports than as a last-ditch line of defence when the market has no answer (it is also charged with making a profit).

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