| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, agendas, accounts and public information material relating to the Birmingham Business Resource Consortium (BBRC). Funding source(s): Barrow Cadbury Fund Ltd. Applicant overview: The BBRC emerged out of the Loans Guarantee Consortium (LGC) supported by the Fund. The new company was established in 1989, to 1) help people from low income backgrounds, particularly in black and ethnic minority communities, gain access to business resources, 2) encourage the regeneration of the local economy by addressing the social justice issues raised by inequality of opportunity in the business start up field, 3) encourage positive changes in the policies and practices of relevant public, private and voluntary sector institutions, and 4) help the consortium's member agencies to deliver a more effective service to would-be entrepreneurs with whom they are in contact. Nature of support: No grants were made. Minutes: No minutes cited. Notes: Grant details can be found elsewhere in this sequence. File organised from newest to oldest. File numbered 'B/2'. |