Our friends at the employee-owned Sutcliffe Play have been listed as one of Yorkshire’s fastest growing companies for the second year.
SUTCLIFFE PLAY CLIMBS 14 PLACES IN YORKSHIRE’S FASTEST 50 : 27/03/2012
Defusing the business succession time bomb in Wales … and elsewhere : 21/03/2012
A new report from the Wales Co-operative Centre highlights the dangers facing the Welsh economy of an ageing population of business owners.
Owners generally do not prioritise time for succession planning and have a very low awareness of the probable pit-falls of their available business succession options in the current economic environment.
New website a success : 24/01/2012
Our new look website which was unveiled at the end of May 2011 is attracting more visitors than the old one.
New Finance Manager : 17/01/2012
Co-operative & Community Finance is pleased to welcome Mike Smyth as the newly appointed financial administrator to the team.
The need for a new fund to support community share issues : 16/12/2011
Community investment is the purchase of shares by local people in enterprises that serve a community purpose.
MPs seek advice from Sutcliffe Play : 16/12/2011
The Managing Director of Upton-based Sutcliffe Play has shared the company’s experience of becoming a employee-owned business at a parliamentary meeting.
Financing co-operative property development : 04/08/2011
Three of our recent loans have been for the purchase, building or redevelopment of property.
Co-operative lending and ethical investment : 06/06/2011
On Wednesday 29 June Co-operative & Community Finance will hold its Annual General Meeting and we’ll make an interesting day of it.
Why community-owned shops flourish where others fail? : 09/03/2011
Over the last four years we’ve lent over £1.1m to 66 community-owned village shops and none of them has defaulted on replayments.
