From kitchen table business to employer of ten and featured on the front page of national newspapers: BeeBee Wraps makes compostable food-wrappers from organic cotton, tree resin, British beeswax and organic jojoba oil. Continue reading
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Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards 2019: Winners Announced
Four outstanding businesses were each awarded a £7,500 prize in this year’s Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards, delivered in partnership by Responsible Finance and the Citi Foundation. Continue reading
The 5 Ss of governance provide a framework for boards to engage with and understand the SM&CR
No one disputes the importance of good governance. It is seen as key to ensuring that organisations are effective by providing checks and balances, strategic overview and additional skill sets to complement the staff. In fact American author,… Continue reading
How responsible finance providers can incorporate customer surveys and online reviews into their marketing and communications activities
A common fallacy is to assume that if your business or organisation is brilliant at what it does, and it’s something which creates social impact, your ideal customers will come knocking on your door. Any responsible… Continue reading
Podcast: Neil Kadagathur, Creditspring
Neil Kadagathur is CEO and co-founder of Creditspring, which he describes as a “new type of credit product designed for people with limited savings specifically for unexpected expenses.” Creditspring launched in September 2018 and at the… Continue reading
Demand for payday loans isn’t going away. We need to scale and market responsible finance.
This month, for the first time the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released figures on the high-cost short-term credit market (HCSTC), and they paint a worrying picture. HCSTC (usually in the form of a payday loan) has… Continue reading
Paul Kalinauckas appointed new Chair of Responsible Finance
Responsible Finance has appointed Paul Kalinauckas as its new Chair. Kalinauckas, 64, is Chief Executive of Wolverhampton-based BCRS Business Loans, a responsible finance provider which he co-founded in 2002 after a career leading and launching a… Continue reading
Podcast: Democratizing Finance author Clifford N. Rosenthal
Jennifer Tankard interviews Cliff Rosenthal who has been an influential leader in the United States’ community finance movement for two decades. Continue reading
£19m jump in responsible finance lending to financially-excluded individuals, businesses and social enterprises
The UK’s ethical “responsible finance” sector grew by 8% (£19 million) in 2018, according to new figures published today. Responsible finance providers helped tens of thousands of financially vulnerable people to avoid borrowing from high-interest lenders.… Continue reading
Key Scottish influencers meet to discuss targeted approaches to financial exclusion in Scotland
Responsible Finance, Carnegie UK Trust and Scotcash are bringing together a high-level group of influencers on 11th December at the Scottish Parliament to discuss ‘tackling financial exclusion in Scotland – what more can be done?’. The… Continue reading