Mindful of their impact on the communities around them, Mary and Pegs create their delicious, seasonal Italian food using high-quality ingredients sourced from the local area. They’re also involved in local food charities and passionate about helping people—and young people in particular—who are experiencing food poverty. Future Leap Finance worked with the couple to provide the ethical funding they needed to add ten covers to their restaurant, allowing them to grow their business and expand the impact they have on food poverty in the city. FILMS@59 Founded by Gina Fucci and Jeanne Tompson in 1990, Bristol and Cardiff-based Films@59 are an award-winning supplier of film equipment rental and post-production facilities with an impressive roster of credits to their name, including Planet Earth III, Dr Who and The Great British Bake Off. They’re also members of film industry sustainability initiative BAFTA albert and committed to reducing their carbon footprint. Following a carbon assessment by Future Leap’s sustainability consultants, Future Leap Finance helped set Films@59 up with the necessary funding to acquire an electric van, enabling them to reduce their Scope 1 emissions and the direct impact they have on the environment. 46
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