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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

Plans are well under way to ensure the first-ever UK Co-operatives Fortnight from June 19th to July 3rd is a resounding success.
February 18 2010

Gordon Brown has vowed to put co-operative values at the heart of Labour’s forthcoming general election campaign.
February 16 2010
Skipton Building Society’s decision to raise its mortgage lending rate is a sign of how badly hit some financial mutuals are in the current, continuing, crisis. Skipton has just increased its Standard Variable Rate (SVR) from 3.5 to 4.95 per cent.
February 05 2010
Something is rotten in the state of Ireland. Specifically, something is very rotten in the Republic’s banks. And, just for once (for good reason), I include the country’s last two building societies within the definition of ‘banks’.
February 04 2009
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