A Review of 2017
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We've just published our Review of 2017. We are calling it 'The Year of the Co-operative Pub' because over 75% of our lending went to pubs. In 2017 we released £893,000 in new loans 16 co-ops and community benefit societies with a combined membership of over 2,000 people. At the end of the year 132 enterprises across the UK were benefiting from our supportive lending.
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2017 - The Year of the Co‑operative Pub
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2017 was the Year of the Co‑operative Pub. We saw a big growth in demand for finance from communities wanting to take ownership and control of their local assets, especially pubs. Just over three-quarters of the finance we released in 2017 went to 10 community benefit societies involved in pubs and hospitality…Read more
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Helping multi-stakeholder co-ops to grow
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During 2017 we helped two very different multi-stakeholder co‑operatives to expand and develop. RetrofitWorks, based in London, is a multi-stakeholder co-operative whose members include both owners/managers of housing stock such as local authorities, housing associations and charities, and tradespeople and building companies…Read more
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Innovative ventures in food and farming
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In 2017 we continued to work with the Real Farming Trust and Esmée Fairbairn Foundation to deliver the Just Growth programme. This 18-month initiative was set up to nurture community enterprises that are farming and producing food in a responsible way... Read more
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