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Downing LLP provides an additional £4.4 million to Special Educational Needs Group Bridges Care and Education

Stuart Mitchell

Investment manager Downing LLP has agreed a follow-on investment of £4.4 million for its platform Bridges Care and Education (“BCE”), a provider of special education needs schools in the UK, which trades under the Spaghetti Bridge name. The additional investment was used to support the acquisition of a freehold property in Paignton, Devon and will provide funding to refurbish the building and open it as a 70-place day school for children with social, emotional and mental health needs, including those on the autistic spectrum. The new school will be called…

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Downing LLP partners with Yorkshire Water to develop 28 new solar sites

Stuart Mitchell

Investment and asset manager, Downing LLP, is pleased to announce it has been selected by Yorkshire Water to develop, design, build and operate a portfolio of 28 solar sites across Yorkshire. The first phase of solar deployments, an investment worth around £25 million, will generate a total capacity of approximately 21MW. This represents Downing’s second successful tender award from a UK regulated utility company. Yorkshire Water provides water and sewerage services to over five million people and 100,000 businesses in the Yorkshire region. The construction of the solar panel arrays…

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