Clear Books demonstrates the power of customer funding, securing £1.5m to date from over 1,000 small businesses and sole traders

Small businesses including loft converters, tour guides and psychologists all buy company shares for the first time to support the development of Clear BooksLondon: 15 August 2014: Start-up firm Clear Books has shown that ditching traditional business funding routes can pay its way by securing over £1.5m through a customer crowdfunding scheme that echoes that of “employee-owned” retail giant John Lewis Partnership.So far, over 1,000 small business and sole trader users of the Clear Books…

Source: RealWire