HQ Recording on taking on blended finance at Let’s Talk Good Finance, Leicester

At Let's Talk Good Finance in Leicester, we heard from Yasin El Ashrafi, whose won several accolades with his social enterprise, HQ CAN (Creative Arts Network) and HQ Recording. HQ works with local disadvantaged people and helps them to experience and progress in the music industry.

 

Listen to the podcast to hear about how they got HQ Recording started with investment in the form of blended finance (part loan and part grant)from The Key Fund. Yasin also talks about the support he had from CASE and Voluntary Action Leicestershire - as well as offering his top tip for others considering taking out a loan. It also features a music clip from HQ (more of that can be found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKNr-IcN7C4)