Ireland leads the world in Co-op Ownership

A report from the Co-operatives UK claims that there are more people involved in co-operative ownership than ownership of shares. According to the report, Global Business Ownership 2012: Members and shareholders across the world: ‘despite the focus of attention being stock markets, however, it is co-operative enterprise that touches the lives of more people as[…]

Renewable finance: big wind stalls but the smaller producers may have an inside track

reNews writes that large scale wind projects in Ireland are facing revenue raising difficulties. However, significant financing opportunities exist for smaller projects which are ideally suited to the current competitive environment In a recently published special report, reNews writes extensively about the difficulties faced by large scale renewable energy projects in attracting finance. These problems[…]