We've innovated something in Totnes we call the Local Entrepeneur Forum & Community of Dragons. It's a way for citizens to take the lead on regenerative economic relocalisation. Now it's happening in Plymouth & Torbay. Love when solutionary innovations scale out. @nowpresspause

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Zac Goldsmith Join FFCC Tony Greenham South West Mutual Helen Avery @GFI_green Rohit Kaushish National Farmers' Union and Tom Dyke Triodos Bank UK (inactive) at ORFC to explore how to align the investment and finance decisions that will speed a transition to #Agroecology. #MoneyFlows #ORFC23👇 ffcc.co.uk/events/financi…

SMEs are the backbone of the UK economy, yet most would rather grow slowly than borrow. Our banking sector is centralised, and borrowing options are limited. There are simple steps we can take to increase SMEs access to finance and deliver UK-wide growth 👇👇 (1/6)

Rich Wilson Citizens In Power How do you get it accepted by the regulators? And how to bridge the cultural gap? UK is an outlier when it comes to democratic banking? South West Mutual knows a thing or two about this, having spent the past few years working very hard to make a #mutualbank work.

We've been quiet for a while. Here's a thread explaining why – and sharing what's next for #SouthWestMutual.

Really excited to see what South West Mutual do next - whilst we might not be quite ready for a regional bank down here yet, it will be a hugely important part of how we change finance/banking for the better in the future. Great to see SWM still pushing for this ✊

Financial Times editor: We need a new Marshall Plan on #climate. There’s too much to do, and given the urgency and the need to get the solution right, this isn’t a task for your favourite ESG-focused portfolio manager or the tech bros. The sheer scale of the physical

SME lending by postcode for the first half of 2022 shows a 37% reduction in lending for NI SMEs - that's £2.2 billion of local wealth that was taken out of our economy. More than ever we need our own bank.