GrowUp Farms: Rescue deal saves more than 80 jobs at vertical farming pioneer

Michael Holder
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Producer of packaged salads for several major UK supermarkets has been sold by administrators to private equity firm Sun Capital Ltd

GrowUp Farms has been rescued from administration in a deal that has seen the embattled UK vertical farming operator sold to private equity firm Sun Capital Limited, saving more than 80 jobs in the process....

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