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COSLA Excellence Award for Glasgow’s Credit Union Development
17 Feb 12
COSLA (the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities) yesterday honoured Glasgow City Council’s credit union development programme with the gold award in the Strong and Sustainable Communities category at the 2012 COSLA Excellence Awards.
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Ethical Consumer endorses credit unions
13 Feb 12
Ethical Consumer magazine has identified credit unions amongst its best buys in a new report on ethical banking services.
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Jasmine Birtles to appear at ABCUL Conference
13 Feb 12
ABCUL is delighted to announce that financial expert Jasmine Birtles will be in attendance throughout this year’s Annual Conference and AGM in York. She will give a motivational speech on Saturday morning and will facilitate two sessions on Sunday.
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Castle & Minster Credit Union launches Save Energy & Save scheme
08 Feb 12
Castle & Minster Credit Union and partners have today (8 February) launched a new scheme, Save Energy & Save, to provide residents with a range of ways to save money and to put aside the extra funds in a savings account with the credit union.
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Government states its commitment to supporting credit unions in Lords
03 Feb 12
Welfare Reform Minister, Lord Freud, made clear the Government’s commitment to supporting the growth of credit unions as Peers from all parties called for more to be done to develop the sector in the House of Lords yesterday (2 February).
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January surge web traffic for credit unions
03 Feb 12
As a result of significant media coverage for ABCUL and credit unions, the Association's website and credit union search site www.findyourcreditunion.co.uk have been receiving record visits.
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ABCUL welcomes Accounting Standards Board revised position on accounting standards
31 Jan 12
ABCUL has welcomed confirmation that the Accounting Standards Board (ASB) has decided to remove the ‘public accountability’ test for applying full, EU-adopted IFRS.
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AMs support credit unions in debate on Pay Day Loans
27 Jan 12
Members of the National Assembly for Wales from all parties were vocal in their support for credit unions as an affordable alternative to high cost lenders this week.
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Former Building Society Chief Executive joins credit union team
24 Jan 12
Retired former Chief Executive of the Furness Building Society, Rob Cairns, has signed up to support the founding of a credit union for Barrow-in-Furness.
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Pendle Credit Union opens new premises
24 Jan 12
Pendle Community Credit Union officially opens its new permanent office in Colne
