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Love your credit union, says peer

A leading Labour/Co-op peer has called on the country to make credit unions feel loved and wanted and recognise that they are part of the ‘big picture’ of the UK economy.
August 25 2010
Category: Credit unions

Host family escorts George and June Elliott, who works at Midlands Co-op’s Chesterfield department store, with Tatsiana Phoschan and Elizaveta Barashkauva

Cheers for the Co-op!

Midlands Co-operative organised a special trip to Chesterfield FC’s new b2net stadium for children supported by the Chernobyl Children Life Line charity.
August 23 2010
Category: Credit unions

FOS report boosts credit unions

The Financial Ombudsman Service’s annual report has confirmed high levels of satisfaction among credit union members.
June 28 2010
Category: Credit unions

DAVID SANDERSON … ‘Often there is no option but to turn to loan sharks’

Credit unions make appliances affordable

Low income families can buy household electrical goods at competitive prices without paying high interest rates, thanks to a pioneering scheme by The Co-operative Electrical in partnership with credit unions.
June 24 2010
Category: Credit unions

Credit union honours

Southwark Credit Union’s Louis ‘Roy’ McLeod has been awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours. 
January 21 2010
Category: Credit unions

More credit unions offer festive option

The Association of British Credit Unions has announced a big increase in the number of people using credit unions to save safely for Christmas following the collapse of the Farepak organisation three years ago, when more than 150,000 customers lost money.
November 19 2009
Category: Credit unions

ABCUL chief raps loan shark bullies

The Chief Executive of the Association of British Credit Unions, Mark Lyonette, has called on anyone thinking of borrowing from loan sharks to think again and make contact with a credit union instead. 
August 24 2009
Category: Credit unions

FRANK McAVEETY … group convenor

Launch of cross-party credit union group

The Scottish Parliament has officially approved a new cross-party group on credit unions. 
June 05 2009
Category: Credit unions

Budget boosts credit unions

The Association of British Credit Unions has welcomed the Chancellor’s announcement in last week’s Budget of an additional £18.75 million for the Growth Fund, which credit unions use to make affordable loans to people on low incomes. This will allow an extra 85,000 loans to be made over the next two years.  
May 04 2009
Category: Credit unions

Mervyn Wilson . . . optimistic

More schools get the Co-op message

Bebington High Sports College in the Wirral, St Clere’s School and Language College in Thurrock and Nab Wood School in Bradford became the first Co-operative Trust Schools in their boroughs earlier this month. 
April 12 2009
Category: Credit unions

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