On August 26, 2009
Carbon Trust Joins Growing Band of Scrappage Merchants
News came through to us of an initiative from the Carbon Trust involving interest-free loans for retail SMEs so that they can replace inefficient and power hungry equipment with brand new, carbon friendly stuff. It’s a trend that’s catching on in all sorts of ways. The Carbon Trust is saying that £100m in loans is available, in trenches of between £3,000 and £400,000 to 5,000 retailers in the hope of saving the sector £41m in annual energy costs. The loans are available for three types of equipment – heating, lighting and refrigeration. I like this initiative for a number of reasons: This is just the sort of shot in the arm that this vulnerable sector needs right now. It frees up capital…
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