Amanda Solloway

156 days ago

Versarien: Just how screwed it is, do the maths!

I am not sure if Doctor Sour Kraut has done the maths for his beloved Versarien (VRS) but I suggest that he does. The company admits that if it does not raise more moolah or make a disposal by August the Fat Lady will be heading down to Cheltenham.

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1953 days ago

An open letter to junior Minister Amanda Solloway MP - has she been badly misled over illegal taxpayer loan to Versarien?

Yesterday I published a letter from Amanda Solloway MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Minister for Science, Research and Innovation, to fellow Tory MP Bim Afolami in which she explained why Versarien (VRS) should receive a £5 million loan from taxpayer-funded Innovate UK, its largest ever such loan. Either this is Tory sleaze, Versarien boss Neill Ricketts boasts of his visits to No 10, or Ms Solloway has been badly misled. As such, I have written to her to alert her to that possibility. The letter is below:

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