David Barclay explains how the Just Money campaign has been working with experts (including the CDFA) to develop a proposal for a Community Finance Foundation, endowed through £200 million of fines on banks and payday lenders over the next parliament. Continue reading
Category: Opinion
Celebrating 25 years of helping East Mids entrepreneurs
Neil Millington explains how First Enterprise has transformed its lending and business support over a quarter of a century, and why they’re so proud of one of their clients crowned winner at this year’s Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards Continue reading
CIC news: A Community Investment Coalition letter to the Chancellor
The Community Investment Coalition has today written this letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer in response to the Budget: Letter to the Chancellor, 18th March 2015. The letter covers four steps that UK Government can… Continue reading
CIC press release: ‘People Powered Prosperity’ urges national government to embrace meaningful localism
The Community Investment Coalition (CIC) welcomes an innovative book on localism by New Weather Institute. ‘People Powered Prosperity’ sets out a new narrative for very local economics, based on local financial and enterprise institutions, which should… Continue reading
Making things better: bringing equality to financial services
Ben Hughes on how we can bring equity to the provision of financial services in the UK Continue reading
A new ecosystem for business funding-the rise of alternatives
Adam Tavener examines the growth of alternative finance and explains why he set up Alternative Business Funding to help SMEs Continue reading
Big news for Scotland’s social entrepreneurs
David Cousland explains why DSL Business Finance and Big Issue Invest are teaming up to bring finance to Scotland’s social enterprises Continue reading
Peak payday has passed – what next?
Niall Alexander of Moneyline discusses the implications of an interest rate cap for payday lenders Continue reading
Better financial services = Just Finance
Ben Hughes discusses why we need better financial services, the CDFA’s vision for Just Finance for all and how we plan to achieve it. Continue reading
The Big Potential of Social Investment
Azlina Bulmer of Charity Bank explains why social sector organisations need support to understand and prepare for social investment, and how the Big Potential programme will do this. Continue reading