Fernaig Community Trust received a loan of £43,000 to build a 1.7km long footpath to improve accessibility to the community’s land. Based in Achmore and Strome Ferry in the Highlands, Fernaig Community Trust(the Trust) was set up… Continue reading
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Should we accept open banking with open arms? Open banking and its potential for the responsible finance sector
‘Open banking’, which came into effect in January 2018, is a series of reforms which will change the way banks deal with consumers’ financial information. Called for by competition watchdog, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA),… Continue reading
New Research: Community Investment Tax Relief (CITR) and the Responsible Finance Sector
March 2018 Today sees the publication of the first major piece of research into the impact of the Community Investment Tax Relief (CITR) since the scheme’s launch in 2002. Completed by Community Investment Services Ltd… Continue reading
It’s all about the passion
21.04.201The number of business start-ups reached a record high in 2016 – with over 650,000 new businesses started in the UK. So what makes over 1,700 people decide to set up in business every day? Being… Continue reading
Is a local finance partnership for you?
A practical toolkit for local finance partnerships 26.10.2017 Partnerships between local finance organisations have many benefits, evidenced by existing collaborations between some responsible finance organisations. The ‘Creating Local Finance Partnerships Toolkit’ was created as a practical… Continue reading
Responsible Finance Leadership Development Programme
The world is awash with leadership books, courses and advice. In 2015 around 1,200 books were published with the word ‘leadership’ in the title. Type ‘leadership’ into a search on Amazon and you will have… Continue reading
Podcast: Faisel Rahman on intelligent product design, commercial and social rigour, ambition and customer service
Faisel Rahman is CEO and founder of Fair Finance, a social enterprise tackling financial exclusion which has built a reputation for entrepreneurial growth, social and commercial rigour. Faisal talks about how working with Grameen and… Continue reading
Cheese On Coast
A couple from the Midlands left their old lives behind and moved to St Ives in order to launch their own business and create a better life for themselves. Nick and Claire Gane left thirty year… Continue reading
Podcast episode 8: launching and scaling a luxury chocolate business with a mission
The co-founder of Harry Specters describes why the award-winning chocolate firm was launched, its development, and how responsible finance through our member Foundation East contributed. Shaz Shah is co-founder of Harry Specters, a business which makes… Continue reading
Responsible Finance’s Summer Briefing, July 2018
Please find below Responsible Finance’s bi-yearly briefing for all of our stakeholders. This provides an update of some of the many streams of activities that Responsible Finance and its members are involved in, to provide and… Continue reading