Posts By: Leanne Pilkington

Almost £2 Million lent in Quarter 1

A record breaking start to 2015 with over £1.7 million lent to businesses across South Yorkshire and the North Midlands in the first quarter of 2015, following the £5 million previously lent during 2014. These are loans made to businesses which have found it difficult, or in most cases impossible, to access vital funding fromRead more

Doncaster based renewable energy firm finalist for Microentrepreneur of the Year Award

Derrick Wilkinson’s renewable technology installation business, GR33N Limited, has been announced as a finalist for this year’s UK Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards. The national awards scheme celebrates innovative and growing businesses that have taken off with the help of alternative finance from community lenders (known as CDFIs). Based in Doncaster, Derrick has grown the firm fromRead more