Does your bank support your business,

or are also standing up for the things that matter most to you?

If the answer was no, maybe it's time to join an ethical bank.

At the cooperative bank we've spent 30 years campaigning on issues like climate change

and social injustice.

And we also offer 30 months free everyday business banking,

with our business diet plus current account,

joining us for business banking.

New customers maintaining a credit balance of £1,000 plus,

monthly limits for cash and check transactions.

Charges may apply for other services,

visit website for details, subject to status, eligibility and season Cs.

Now I was jolted back to consciousness by a violent coughing fit caused by the unnaturally dry

air around me. Drops of sweated, piled up, started trickling down my forehead.

It was dark. I'm not a single ray of light to even make out my closest surroundings.

My memories served little to help in recognising my whereabouts,

but upon fumbling around with my weak hands, I noticed

I noticed I was sitting on a fabric coated chair in a room that seemed to vibrate every so slightly.

As my eyes started to adapt to the overwhelming darkness,

I could start to make out the vague shape of a room.

There were three seats facing each other with windows on the right hand side,

though they revealed nothing more than an empty void on the other side.

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