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Investing in High Wycombe – creating the future
Posted on 2:20pm Wednesday 30th May 2012
What does a football club in Manchester, a local food delicatessen on Crendon Street and a school photovoltaic system in Oxfordshire all have in common? Can’t guess? Well all exist because their supporters funded them. FC United is a supporter-owned football club in Manchester. It aimed to raise £1.5million for a new ground and has already raised £700,000 through a well-supported share launch. Like the shop Local Roots (33 Crendon Street in High Wycombe) they didn’t need conventional Banks alone to fund them. They could go much further – all they needed were a lot of friends.
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