Can green shoots beat a black horse? The how, the what, and the who of selling the Green Investment Bank

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The Green Investment Bank is being primed for privatisation, but Ian Temperton wonders if there is another route available that would better protect the bank's founding purpose

It has not been the greatest start to the year for financial market to say the least. One consequence of this, of course, is the delay in the further sale of the government's stake in Lloyds Bank. The...

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