SUPPORT FOR FAMILY BUSINESSES
Many of the businesses ART has supported over the years have been family businesses, so we were pleased to support a special feature […]
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ACCESSING SMALL BUSINESS FINANCE: WHAT A DIFFERENCE THE PANDEMIC HAS MADE
Access to appropriate finance has always been an issue for small and medium sized businesses (SMEs). In difficult times – recession, or the […]
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SOCIAL INVESTMENT HELPS TO BOOST TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY
Businesses in the West Midlands have been able to access over £25m of finance through ART Business Loans (ART) since it started in […]
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CATCHY INITIALS – BUT WHAT DO THEY MEAN?
Whatever sector you work in there is likely to be a bewildering list of initials that are used and probably only understood by […]
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NEW PORTAL IS GOOD NEWS FOR BUSINESSES
Having had some input into the creation of the new access to finance portal backed by Birmingham’s professional services organisation, BPS Birmingham, and […]
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NEW YEAR’S HONOUR FOR ART FOUNDER
Sir Adrian Cadbury, ART President and founding Chairman (1997 – 2004), has been made a member of the Order of the Companion of […]
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PAT CONATY – A CDFI HERO
It was great to see Pat Conaty, one of the founders of the Community Development Finance movement in the UK, and Aston Reinvestment […]
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GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK
I was delighted to attend, and indeed speak at, a number of well supported local events last week during the annual entrepreneurship ‘fest’. […]
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LOCAL BANKING IS ON ITS WAY BACK – OR IS IT?
What a strange few weeks we have had, with the emergence of a couple of old names to herald what we are told […]
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WHERE CAN SMALL BUSINESSES GET EXPERT ADVICE?
A few years ago a politician’s favourite catch phrase for his incoming government was ‘Education, Education, Education’. I would have to agree that […]
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