| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, agendas, grant overview, reports and funding requests relating to the West Indian Fig Tree Ltd. (WIFTL). Funding source(s): Barrow Cadbury Fund Ltd. Applicant overview: WIFTL was established in 1985 in Birmingham to combat growing unemployment among the city's West Indian population. It is a supermarket aimed to directly meet the needs of West Indians. Nature of support: In 1986 the Fund approved a loan guarantee of £10,000. A further £1,000 was approved for loan later that year. Later that year a grant of £3,000 was made towards the salary of a manager and £500 for an advertising manager. Minutes: BCF 2633, BCF 2667, BCF 2753, BCF 2839. Notes: File organised by date from newest to oldest. File numbered 'JM/W/1(D)'. |