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Anne Vincent: CICs new Deputy Regulator

Posted by: Anne Vincent, Posted on: 30 March 2017 - Categories: Community Interest Company Office
Anne Vincent, Deputy Regulator of Community Interest Companies

I was delighted to recently take over the position of Deputy Regulator of Community Interest Companies (CICs).

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Appoint Us Services (Midlands):Making lives easier

Posted by: Julie Earls, Posted on: 14 March 2017 - Categories: Community Interest Companies in action

Our CIC is run by people who are passionate about promoting the independence of people in need and the professionals already supporting those people. We wanted to make people’s lives easier with the range of services we provide. Our team …

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Fair for You Enterprise: An ethical lender

Posted by: Angela Clements, Posted on: 21 February 2017 - Categories: Community Interest Companies in action
Benefit to the community

We’re an ethical lender that registered as a CIC in 2015. We offer a real alternative to high cost lenders and rent-to-own (RTO) stores.

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Adaptive Martial Arts: Empowering the body, inspiring the mind

Posted by: Gina Hopkins, Posted on: 2 February 2017 - Categories: Community Interest Companies in action
Gina Hopkins Founder and CEO of Adaptive Martial Arts

I’m Gina Hopkins, Founder and CEO of the CIC set-up in 2016. I have Dystonia, a neuromuscular condition which causes constant and uncontrollable muscle spasms.

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Liberation Foods

Posted by: Kate Gaskell, Posted on: 11 January 2017 - Categories: Community Interest Companies in action
Worker attending the crops

 Nuts about doing business differently Liberation Foods, became a community interest company in 2007.   Co-operatives of small-scale nut producers from around the developing world decided to get together to form a UK company through which to market their produce.

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Saving Lives in your Community

Posted by: Danielle Bridge, Posted on: 4 January 2017 - Categories: Community Interest Companies in action
Danielle Bridge

ABC Life Support – First Aid Training in your community ABC Life Support was founded in March 2010 by Danielle Bridge who before taking time off to start a family was a First Aid Trainer for an independent training organisation.

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The End of an Era

Posted by: Marilyn Liddon, Posted on: 22 November 2016 - Categories: Community Interest Company Office
Phil Speaking

Phil Horrell, the Deputy Regulator (who has been in the CIC office since the beginning of time!), presented at his last CIC event before retirement and jetting off to sunnier climes (Australia so I’m told).

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"The tools are on the bar"

Posted by: Phillip Horrell, Posted on: 2 November 2016 - Categories: Community Interest Company Office
Phil Horrell, Deputy CIC Regulator

My father and grandfather both miners in the Welsh valleys, had a saying 'the tools are on the bar' to call the end of a shift. At the end of October and after 41 years of public service, I will be …

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Fair Do's/Siopa Teg: We believe in putting people first

Posted by: Clare Reay, Posted on: 11 October 2016 - Categories: Community Interest Companies in action
Red hearts

Fair Do’s began as an independent business set up by Jan Tucker and moved to Canton, Cardiff in 1998.

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Who are Bike Tours for the Wounded CIC?

Posted by: Amy Clover, Posted on: 22 September 2016 - Categories: Community Interest Companies in action
Bike Tours for the Wounded Route 66 Tour

Bike Tours for the Wounded aka BT4TW became a CIC in June 2014.

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