On 5th November 2024, the Growth Impact Fund (GIF), a social impact investment fund developed by Big Issue Invest and UnLtd has made an investment of £250,000 in The Black Farmer – a farm shop opened in Brixton Village by celebrated entrepreneur Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones MBE last year. With only 1% of UK farmers from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, Emmanuel-Jones founded The Black Farmer to challenge this exclusion and showcase that Black entrepreneurs can succeed in traditionally exclusive markets. He believes that black entrepreneurs can also belong in markets…
Read MoreBrixton Village’s Black Farmer receives £250k investment from fund for underrepresented entrepreneurs
