Builder Calls for Banks Building Walls Against Small Businesses to Stop
Banks will always build a wall when it comes to borrowing money, because they have to be the one in control, especially when it comes to lending.
Well, this was taken to heart by builder, Cameron Hope.
The story is that Cameron Hope, who had previously tried to get a loan to help his business and develop some of the areas he was falling behind in, got refused the help so decided to get his own back on the banking industry.
Whilst the banks were closed on Sunday, Hope and a few of his helpers decided to build a brick wall for the bank to get over, in protest of the lack of help for small businesses.
Mr Hope, a 59 year old property developer from Bournemouth, went to his local branch of Barclay’s Bank in Westbourne, and laid a foundation for what might strike a chord with many other small businesses up and down the country.
Whilst in the process of building the 8ft x 4ft wall, Mr Hope was joined by other local business owners who had also experienced problems with the banking industry, covering the wall with placards saying things like ‘Robbed by the banks we own’ and how banks are just not lending enough.
This protest is basically saying to the Government that the “small business owners” have had enough, and that the banks are to blame for the slow economic recovery due to lending less and less to small businesses in general.
When asked, Mr Hope explained that selecting the Barclay’s branch was a random selection, and the protest was not directly against them, but the banking industry on a whole.
What is ironic is the name of the builder, Cameron Hope!
Who would have thought that these two words could have been placed together as a name, let alone a statement.
