20 October 2021 Kevin Hollinrake MP, co-chair of the cross-party APPG on fair business banking, has written to the Chancellor calling for the scaling up of CDFIs (community development finance institutions). If no action is taken… Continue reading
Archives for October 2021
Month: October 2021
The ‘levelling-up’ lever
According to Michael Gove levelling-up means boosting local leadership, raising living standards, improving public services and giving people necessary resources. The Communities Secretary said last week every government department will be a “department for levelling up,”… Continue reading
The Times: Chancellor should support CDFIs so UK can level up (letter)
05.10.2021 Today’s Times newspaper published a letter from Peter Udale, a Responsible Finance director, about turning “levelling up” from a catchphrase into measures with tangible outcomes. Udale notes that levelling up should create more opportunities for… Continue reading
Level up now by boosting black-led, female-led and regional businesses – MPs back proposals
Government urged to “fix business funding chasm to level-up now” Reducing the barriers to finance for over 200,000 viable small businesses, especially those led by Black and Minority Ethnic entrepreneurs, women, and people outside London and… Continue reading
The Times: MPs call on Government to support CDFIs
04.10.2021 An article in today’s Times newspaper includes coverage of the call by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Fair Business Banking for Government to support CDFIs. In its recent report the APPG said Government should… Continue reading