Brussels, 22/01/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 22 January, the European Commission found several amendments to a UK scheme allowing publicly-backed funds to invest in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) affected by a market failure to be in line with EU state aid rules. The Commission found, in particular, that the measure encourages private investment in SMEs while limiting distortions of competition in the single market. The UK authorities changed the scheme to raise (i) the...