 Barclays PLC LSE:BARC is working with Manolete Partners PLC AIM:MANO in a pilot scheme to try and claw back money from 100 defaulters out of the near-11bn of government-backed loans it made during the pandemic. Under the Covid bounceback scheme, lenders provided loans of up to 50,000 to small companies, guaranteed by the government and with lower levels of eligibility checks. 