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Green Investment Group under fire over 'low' level of UK focus

Michael Holder
Michael Holder
clock 07 January 2019 •
Former PM David Cameron visiting the GIB offices in Edinburgh back before its privatisation
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Former PM David Cameron visiting the GIB offices in Edinburgh back before its privatisation

Trustees for former state-owned bank raise concerns over lower level of investment for UK projects compared to rest of Europe

The Green Investment Group (GIG) has come under fire from politicians after its own trustees voiced their disappointment over "relatively low" levels of support for UK projects since it was controversially...

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