Individual Voluntary Arrangements, known as IVAs, are often held up as a quick and easy way of escaping from debt, but this isn’t always the...
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Lower income households turn to borrowing in coronavirus crisis
Lower-income households are twice as likely as high-income households to have increased their use of consumer credit during the coronavirus...
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Meet the Staff – Christine De Souza
Meet the staff – Cristina De Sousa Cristina De Sousa is a Member Services & Support Officer at the Credit Union. Cristina lives in...
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Co-ops well-placed to face the future
The latest Co-op Economy report shows that there are over 7,000 co-ops in the UK, operating across all sectors. The annual publication provides...
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Thank you to our latest interns
The Credit Union offers internships to young people from all over the world who are looking for real life business experience.
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The credit union difference
When it comes to financial services, there is something very different about credit unions.
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Home improvements – avoid the loan sharks!
Home improvements – avoid the loan sharks! With many of us still in lockdown, on furlough or limiting our trips out, now is the perfect...
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Why I Joined
Nerrine Brown, Great Ormond Street Hospital Nerrine Brown works at the world famous Great Ormond Street Hospital, where she uses the Credit...
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International Credit Union Day Inspires Hope
International Credit Union (ICU) Day is an annual celebration of the global credit union movement and this year’s theme is ‘Inspiring hope for a global community’.
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Repayment freeze doesn’t make high cost loans cheaper
You may have read in the papers and online that repayments for a number of different high cost loans have been frozen. While this may help in the short term, it isn’t as good as it sounds, as you will still have to repay the loan – often at extortionate rates of interest.
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