This Guide has been produced by the Credit Supply Clearing Group, which was set up by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation and the Department of Finance, to develop initiatives to help support the funding of Irish businesses. The membership of the Credit Supply Clearing Group is set out at Appendix 1. As part of its work, the Credit Supply Clearing Group established two sub-groups to address the following issues of: Building Banking Relationships and Confidence Promotion, and the Cost of Finance to Irish businesses. This Guide is the output from the work of these two sub-groups. The aim of this Guide is to help bring clarity to.