Category: News

Responsible Finance has united with ACS, the British Retail Consortium, Federation of Small Businesses and Positive Money to urge the Chancellor to use next week’s Budget to secure long-term access to cash across the UK. 16… Continue reading

Report: How, and can, a 10x increase of operationally sustainable lending could be achieved by CDFIs in the UK within 10 years. The Carnegie UK Trust has published new research by Community Finance Solutions, University of… Continue reading

We welcome the latest British Business Bank Small Business Finance Markets report. Appropriate provision of small business finance is vital as the UK exits the EU and the economy adapts to the new opportunities and challenges… Continue reading

Responsible Finance responds to a National Audit Office that has warned that Government support for business is fragmented, which could make replacing EU development funds more difficult after Brexit. Now that a pathway to Brexit is… Continue reading

Responsible Finance responds to a new report from Turn2Us which showed over two million households – 4.8 million people – are living without at least one essential household appliance. The statistics in this report paint a… Continue reading

Responsible Finance welcomes the Money and Pension Service’s (MaPS) timely and coherent strategy for a financially healthy nation. Responsible Finance states: In the UK real earnings have stalled and working-age households in receipt of benefits have seen… Continue reading

ART Business Loans is a Birmingham loan provider with a proud 22-year track record set up initially to help deprived inner city areas abandoned by banks has become a victim of its own success – due… Continue reading

The UK’s ethical “responsible finance” sector lent £200 million to 40,000 businesses, social enterprises and individuals in 2019, creating and protecting 13,800 jobs, according to new figures published in our Annual Industry Report today. Continue reading