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Small business lending – a challenge for banks
Peer-to-peer lending between SMEs and investors could emerge as a challenger to existing bank lending models, a report suggests. A study from innovation foundation Nesta has…
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A minister for LEPs – say MPs
A leading group of MPs has called on the Government to appoint a single minister with responsibility for Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs). In a report…
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Parliamentary update
As Britain narrowly avoided slipping into a triple dip recession this week, debate continued to rage within the walls of Westminster over the future…
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Socially hearted and commercially minded – report
Housing associations must forge new relationships with their tenants to help with increasingly squeezed finances, according to a report released today. A report by…
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The Budget 2013 – the detail on housing
This CIH detailed briefing gives members a useful message on housing specific issues and was produced by the CIH: What you need to know…
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Housing Market Package from the budget
The Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced in his 2013 Budget Statementyesterday a raft of measures to stimulate the housing market. Help to…
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“What works” centres
Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, and Minister for Government Policy, Oliver Letwin have launched a network of ‘What works’ centres to gather…
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Call for joint up approach to policies on welfare, poverty and employment
Policy think-tank ResPublica has published a report calling for a more joined-up approach to government policy on welfare, poverty and employment.Supported by Trafford Housing…
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Links between housing and poverty
A new study by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation demonstrates that housing costs have a direct impact on poverty and material deprivation. The ‘links between…
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Productivity and skills in the North
This report takes an in-depth look at a skills policy that will improve prosperity for people living in the North of England and help…
