"Normally when you want to borrow, you feel pressure to put up the best front possible. With Big Issue Invest I could be totally truthful and know that that would not count against us."
John Montague, Group Chief Executive, Trees
"The Big Issue became one of the most successful social enterprises in the UK. Then its former managing director launched an investment fund to help others emulate its success."
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download the full article"Led by a top team of business brains, BIG invest is a Big Issue spin-off that lends money to the social enterprises other financiers won't touch . . ."
download the full article"From a bottled water company and Barnardo’s to an industrial railway specialist, Big Invest has lent money to a variety of social businesses . . ."
download the full article"Nigel Kershaw makes no secret of the fact he is not a finance man. Having started his working life begging the bank manager for a loan to process . . ."
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