Finance

Communities Finance

Local welfare schemes on ‘brink of collapse’

Local welfare schemes, which provide emergency loans and grants are on the ‘brink of collapse’, according to new report.

Finance

Big Society Capital shifts focus to homes, communities, early action

Finance

Keeping social enterprise grounded: 15 mins with Alastair Wilson

Economic Development Finance

The widening gap between local finance and need

Finance

15 minutes with… Sam Bamert, founder of Ask If

Finance Housing

Can a London Bond help tackle the capital’s housing crisis?

Communities Finance

Think local banks are unprofitable? Think again

Communities Economic Development Finance

Can alternative finance fund a more resilient local economics?

Economic Development Finance

The devolution of business rates must offer equal rewards to all

The government is currently in between consultations on plans to hand over 100% of business rates revenue to the local government sector in England before the end of the parliament, replacing grants that complement the 50% of revenue that is retained under the present system. Their key aim, among a number of things, is to create ‘incentives to push for local growth’.