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		<title>Wessex Resolutions to launch money advice service</title>
		<link>http://www.cdfa.org.uk/2013/05/03/wessex-resolutions-to-launch-money-advice-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 10:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The south-west based CDFI is expanding its home improvement loan  services to provide money management and debt counselling.]]></description>
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		<title>Ethical lending on the rise as bank lending falls</title>
		<link>http://www.cdfa.org.uk/2013/04/25/ethical-lending-on-the-rise-as-bank-lending-falls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New research from the CDFA shows that demand for CDFI loans has doubled in the last two years and has now hit almost £1 billion.]]></description>
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		<title>Families could save £2.1billion with ethical lenders</title>
		<link>http://www.cdfa.org.uk/2013/04/23/families-could-save-2-1billion-with-ethical-lenders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The seven million people currently using payday and doorstep lenders could save £2.1billion if they used ethical alternatives, according to new research released today. Community development finance institutions (CDFIs) are non-profit lenders that operate across the UK. Last year demand for their services more than doubled.
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		<title>Inside Community Finance</title>
		<link>http://www.cdfa.org.uk/2013/04/23/inside-community-finance-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Demand for non-bank business loans increases</title>
		<link>http://www.cdfa.org.uk/2013/04/19/demand-for-non-bank-business-loans-increases/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Non-bank community lenders saw an increase in demand from businesses of 36% in the first quarter of 2013, according to the Community Finance Monitor survey. This bucks the trend reported in today’s Bank of England Trends in Lending report, which says demand for bank credit remained weak in quarter one, and that demand from small businesses fell.]]></description>
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		<title>DNA Profit with Purpose Prize open for applications</title>
		<link>http://www.cdfa.org.uk/2013/04/17/dna-profit-with-purpose-prize-open-for-applications/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you have a business that can change the world for the better? Enter this unique competition to win £100k investment plus hands-on support to help the business realise its potential. Apply by 13th May.]]></description>
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		<title>Community lenders best placed to deliver £300m boost for SMEs</title>
		<link>http://www.cdfa.org.uk/2013/04/11/community-lenders-best-placed-to-deliver-300m-boost-for-smes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cdfa.org.uk/2013/04/11/community-lenders-best-placed-to-deliver-300m-boost-for-smes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vince Cable’s announcement that an additional £300m will be made available to SMEs through the business bank is a welcome and much needed step forward. To ensure that this money quickly gets to where it is needed, community development finance institutions (CDFIs) are the obvious vehicle to make it happen.
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		<title>Next Generation Finance Consortium 2013 Mini-Conference</title>
		<link>http://www.cdfa.org.uk/2013/04/08/next-generation-finance-consortium-2013-mini-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cdfa.org.uk/2013/04/08/next-generation-finance-consortium-2013-mini-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 09:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NFGC’s mini-conference will take place on the morning of 29th April at Cass Business School in London. ]]></description>
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		<title>Housing associations and social enterprises working together event</title>
		<link>http://www.cdfa.org.uk/2013/04/03/housing-associations-and-social-enterprises-working-together-event/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cdfa.org.uk/2013/04/03/housing-associations-and-social-enterprises-working-together-event/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[23rd April 2013, London
Social enterprises and housing associations are collaborating more than ever before. A growing number of housing associations are buying from and capacity building their local ones.
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		<title>Regional banks needed to restore trust and boost lending – says Ed Miliband</title>
		<link>http://www.cdfa.org.uk/2013/03/26/regional-banks-needed-to-restore-trust-and-boost-lending-says-ed-miliband/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cdfa.org.uk/2013/03/26/regional-banks-needed-to-restore-trust-and-boost-lending-says-ed-miliband/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Labour would seek to establish a network of regional banks if elected, to help small business get access to finance, Ed Miliband has said.]]></description>
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