Clear goals in uncertain times 27.06.2017 Like many recent votes, the general election on June 8th didn’t produce the expected result. The Prime Minister has lost her majority and gained a tough workload. As the Queen’s… Continue reading
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CIC news: Animation shows how data disclosure can unlock access to finance
Data disclosure means providing information about a range of bank activities in defined geographical areas. The data provides information about the ways that banks invest the money the public deposits with them. Disclosure can also provide… Continue reading
New government = new horizons?
Ben Hughes reflects on the forthcoming election and its implications for our industry. With the three main national parties having an evident commitment to at least some aspects of the work of CDFIs, can we look forward to a time of new hope and opportunity? 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: Financial Inclusion Commission urges UK Government to improve financial health of the nation
The Community Investment Coalition (CIC) has warmly welcomed the Financial Inclusion Commission’s report ‘Improving the financial health of the nation’. The Financial Inclusion Commission’s work has highlighted the vulnerability of private finances and the lack of… 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
CDFA maps out how affordable credit can be available to all
Affordable credit should be accessible to everyone in every community across the UK, and the CDFA has set out how this vision should be realised. In its Just Finance report, published today, the CDFA maps the six steps that are needed to ensure we all have this basic right – of access to fair finance. 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
Budget 2014
19.03.2014 George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, delivered the Government’s 2014 budget, which included some welcomed news concerning support for social enterprises and small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The Chancellor’s speech highlighted the stronger-than… Continue reading
Tories propose creation of local business banks across Wales
A network of local “banks” should be created across Wales to invest in SMEs, according to the Welsh Conservatives. The party’s Invest Wales policy is launched today and aims to reverse low access to finance for SMEs in Wales