Dave Fishwick
English businessman (born 1971)
David Fishwick (born March 1971) is an English businessman. Born in Nelson, Lancashire, he left school at sixteen with no qualifications, before opening David Fishwick Minibus Sales and becoming the biggest minibus supplier in Britain. After finding that big banks were no longer willing to lend his customers money due to the 2008 financial crisis, he opened Burnley Savings and Loans, which used the advertising slogan "Bank on Dave". His efforts were documented in the 2012–2013 Channel 4 series Bank of Dave.
After finding that customers were coming to him after accumulating debt using payday loan firms, he investigated the industry for the 2014 Channel 4 series Dave: Loan Ranger. Both of these series won British Academy Scotland Awards. His efforts at setting up a bank and investigating payday loan firms were loosely adapted for the 2023 film Bank of Dave and its 2025 sequel Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger.
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Early life and automotives
Fishwick was born in March 1971. He grew up in a poor family on John Street in Nelson, Lancashire, and attended Edge End High School, both of which were later demolished. He left school aged sixteen with no qualifications, and took a Youth Training Scheme course at a construction site for £27.50 per week (equivalent to £77 in 2025) plus overtime, where he pebbledashed buildings.
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