We're delighted to announce that The Sir Thomas White Loan Charity (STWLC) has approved six loans totalling £85,000 in the final quarter of 2023, taking the Charity’s total allocation amount for 2023 to a huge £600,000. Five businesses, including a pro ...
CANDE GROUP: FROM SEED TO SCREEN
Leaving a job to start a new business is a significant and often challenging decision. It’s a process, and success may not come overnight, but when done right the benefits and feeling of self-pride can be enormous. Ben Coates’ story is a perfect exampl ...
APPLEYARD BAKERY: HITTING THE SWEET SPOT
Charlotte Appleyard is at an exciting point in her entrepreneurial journey. Having launched Appleyard Bakery, a small business specialising in celebratory cakes and all-things sweet, Charlotte has just had her interest-free business loan from The Sir T ...
EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT STARTING A BUSINESS BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK
The Sir Thomas White Loan Charity is proud to be hosting an event at Leicester City’s King Power Stadium on Wednesday 8 November 2023, alongside a panel of business professionals as part of Leicester Business Festival 2023. Titled ‘Everything you alway ...
£50,000 IN GRANTS AWARDED TO LEICESTERSHIRE & RUTLAND BUSINESSES
The Sir Thomas White Loan Charity has awarded £50,000 in grant funding to businesses across Leicestershire & Rutland, with 13 businesses receiving a share of the allocation through grants ranging from £1,050 to the maximum amount of £5,000. The s ...
LEICESTER STUDENT ABLE TO REALISE EDUCATION DREAMS
As thousands of first-year university students embark upon the next steps of their education journey, one student has paid tribute to Leicester’s The Sir Thomas White Loan Charity for the support that has enabled him to do so. Kush Parekh became the re ...
CHARITY SETS NEW 10-YEAR RECORD BY APPROVING OVER £200,000 IN INTEREST-FREE LOANS
The Sir Thomas White Loan Charity has announced that 13 interest-free loans totalling £206,000 were awarded to people within Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland in the third quarter of 2023 – a new 10-year record allocation amount for the Charity. T ...
CALUM PRICE: ACCESS INTO THE CREATIVE INDUSTRY
Not everybody has a clear career pathway in their minds from a young age, but Calum Price is a wonderful example of somebody who is driven by a passion, and a determination to make an impact in their dream industry. Growing up in Leicester, Calum studi ...
RENDAH FILMS: TAKING THE RIGHT SHOT
A number of businesses within the creative space have turned to The Sir Thomas White Loan Charity for financial support when planning their next steps for growth, and Leicester-based Rendah Films is another of those fantastic success stories. Created i ...
GRANTS OF UP TO £5,000 AVAILABLE TO LEICESTERSHIRE BUSINESSES
Having provided interest-free loans to help support aspiring and existing business owners within Leicestershire and Rutland since 1542, The Sir Thomas White Loan Charity is now welcoming applications for grants of up to £5,000 from businesses within the ...