All of this country’s remaining PetroCaribe debt approximately EC$189 million has been forgiven by the Venezuelan government. Agreements reached between St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) and the South American country will also see the revival of the PetroCaribe programme, and donations of 150 prefabricated houses, asphalt for road repairs and monthly shipments of free urea for farmers. These latest developments were announced by Prime Minister Dr Ralph …
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SCOTTISHPOWER more than doubled the profits it made in the household supply business last year in spite of the fall in demand for energy triggered by the coronavirus crisis, it said this week. The Glasgow-based energy giant made £220 million from the sale of gas and electricity to consumers and businesses in 2020 compared with £95m in the preceding year. The results for 2019 covered the first year of the price cap that the regulator, Ofgem, imposed in respect of customers on variable tariffs.
Alba Bank will be headquartered in Glasgow By Kristy Dorsey A new bank focused on serving small and medium-sized businesses has launched a £5 million funding round ahead of what is expected to be its full operational launch later this year. Glasgow-based Alba Bank, headed by former Airdrie Savings Bank chief executive Rod Ashley, has appointed Seismic Opportunities Fund to run the Series A investment round in which it hopes to attract a variety of private and regional investors. Billed as the first Scottish-based challenger bank, Alba says it will offer an alternative to the “industrialised” model of major banks that has steadily reduced the number of customer-facing staff.