Emergency support worth up to £12 million is being made available to help community businesses across England during the coronavirus crisis, Power to Change has announced.
The money is intended to ensure community businesses – which provide vital support services in local areas – can withstand the loss of trading income as a result of the lockdown.
Power to Change and Big Society Capital have come together in a partnership to tackle a key market failure in the energy sector; how to facilitate community ownership of existing ground-mounted solar farms in England and maximise the social, environmental and financial impact they generate for their local area.
Kickstarting the investment programme is the purchase of the Newton Downs...
