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			<title><![CDATA[COSLA Excellence Award for Glasgow’s Credit Union Development]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[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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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ethical Consumer endorses credit unions]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Ethical Consumer magazine has identified credit unions amongst its best buys in a new report on ethical banking services.

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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jasmine Birtles to appear at ABCUL Conference]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[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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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Castle & Minster Credit Union launches Save Energy & Save scheme]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[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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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Government states its commitment to supporting credit unions in Lords]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[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).]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[January surge web traffic for credit unions]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[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.   ]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ABCUL welcomes Accounting Standards Board revised position on accounting standards]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[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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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[AMs support credit unions in debate on Pay Day Loans]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Former Building Society Chief Executive joins credit union team]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[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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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pendle Credit Union opens new premises]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Pendle Community Credit Union officially opens its new permanent office in Colne]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Minister supports Kingston Savers ]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Consumer Affairs Minister Ed Davey MP is supporting a group working to bring credit union services to the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Clockwise features on stories.coop]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Clockwise Credit Union featured as ‘Story of the Day’ at the www.stories.coop website on Wednesday 18 January. 

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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Prime Minister announces consolidation bill ]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Government is to introduce a consolidation bill that will bring together the 17 Acts that currently make up the legal framework for co-operatives into a new Co-operatives Bill. 

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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Credit union founder celebrates 100th birthday ]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Lilly Randall celebrated her 100th birthday with a visit from Peter Hain MP.  ]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New law for credit unions]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Changes to the Credit Unions Act 1979 have come into force today (8 January 2012).  ]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Makerfield MP, Yvonne Fovargue, joins Unify Credit Union]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Labour MP for Makerfield and Secretary of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Credit Unions (APPG), Yvonne Fovargue, has joined Unify Credit Union in Wigan. 
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Barnardo’s calls for credit union services to be made available through the Post Office]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[A report from Barnardo’s has highlighted the plight of low income families forced to take out high cost credit agreements and calls for credit union services to be made available through the Post Office network.

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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A ski run on savings ]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[A Welsh school's ski trip went ahead thanks to the involvement of Neath Port Talbot Credit Union.  ]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Credit union launches football equality award ]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Hyde FC, in Tameside, Greater Manchester is the recipient of the first Manchester Credit Union Monthly Equality Award.  ]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Credit unions leading the way with financial education]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[As an online petition for financial education reaches 100,000 signatures, two of the many credit unions working with schools have been recognised locally for their efforts to improve financial literacy. 

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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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