Are CDFIs missing a crucial point: “that the enterprises they fund are often rarely supported and enabled to appreciate and respect the minutiae of commercial financial management,” asks Lucy Haughey in this guest blog. Continue reading
Archives for October 2012
Month: October 2012
Don Foster launches the Community Shares Unit at CDFA conference
Vince Cable at Community Finance > Forward Thinking
Business demand for community loans soars
New figures on business lending from community finance providers show they are lending to more businesses unable to access finance from banks than ever before – but demand outstripped supply by over seven times. Continue reading
Demand for Community Finance soars as ethical lenders take on the Wongas
04.10.2012 Enquiries to ethical ‘community finance’ providers have more than doubled in the last year as individuals seek routes out of high interest debt traps, according to new figures released by the CDFA today. Continue reading
£60m small business scheme launched by Regional Growth Fund
Business Secretary Vince Cable today launched a £60 million pot of Regional Growth Fund investment and bank finance at the Community Development Finance Association’s (CDFA) annual conference. Continue reading