Jon Moulton's newly formed Greensphere Capital and Foresight Group are to lead a new £80 million investment fund aimed at promoting green infrastructure.
It’s totally wrong for the UK to be asked for €50 billion a year just to allow France and Germany collateral to borrow a trillion from China to pay off their banking losses.
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Venture capital firm Foresight has announced the first closing of its Sustainable UK Investment Fund, which will invest in the environmental infrastructure sector. The fund has raised £15 million to date ‘primarily from ultra-high net worth investors’ and expects a final close at £20 million before Christmas.
Maurice Fitzpatrick, economist and tax expert at Grant Thornton, considers the hot topic of ‘green issues’ and measures likely to affect UK businesses in the coming years.
Greenkote, a young ‘eco-friendly’ Israeli coatings company targeting the motor and construction sectors, plans to raise £2 million at 25p to fund expansion.
