How Scunthorpe United used a Community Interest Company to save the club from insolvency
This article examines how UK football club, Scunthorpe Utd, used a novel legal structure – a community interest company (CIC) – to help save it from insolvency, by facilitating the alignment of public and private investment to purchase its ground on short notice. It also asks whether CICs could be used more widely to help fix the UK’s problematic sports model:
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- Tags: Community Interest Company | Corporate | Football | Insolvency | UK
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Written by
Tahina Akther
Tahina is a highly experienced Barrister and leads the legal team at Wildcat Law.
