Scrap recycler gets £10m funding boost

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Barclays ploughs cash into JBM International as landfill tax and rising commodity prices drives interest in family run metal recycler

Barclays Ventures – the private equity arm of Barclays bank – has invested £10m in aluminium and waste recycler JBM International as part of a shareholder reconstruction of the business. The deal sees...

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