Great few days in Sheffield. Last weekend the fantastic Tramlines festival brought around 150,000 people to venues across the city, for a feast of free gigs. With music for every taste we were spoiled for choice and the atmosphere was cracking – helped everyone’s relief that at last the rain had subsided. We got down […]
Archives for July 2012
Tramlines, tour de Sheffield – and television
Filed Under: Media, Policy, Research Tagged With: cycling, local media, music, sheffield local television, tramlines
Dave lends where banks don’t – just like CDFIs
Written for and originally posted at www.cdfa.org.uk He likes bananas and he’s not a fan of banks. So plain-speaking David Fishwick decided he wanted to launch a bank with a difference. A new 2-part series on Channel 4, which began last night, told his story. The irrepressible minibus entrepreneur had realised that his customers, many […]
Filed Under: Regeneration, Social Enterprise Tagged With: business finance, CDFA, community development, social enterprise
