{"id":110196,"date":"2019-08-25T23:19:19","date_gmt":"2019-08-25T16:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/kevin-mccloud-and-investing-in-local-ventures-letters\/"},"modified":"2019-08-26T00:04:34","modified_gmt":"2019-08-25T17:04:34","slug":"kevin-mccloud-and-investing-in-local-ventures-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/kevin-mccloud-and-investing-in-local-ventures-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin McCloud and investing in local ventures | Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nJudy Eames on the news that investors in the Grand Designs presenter\u2019s property firm could face big lossesYou report (Grand Designs\u2019 McCloud faces property nightmare, 23 August) that shareholders could make big losses after being promised big returns by a property company run by Grand Designs\u2019 Kevin McCloud. I\u2019ve lost count of how often this has happened. For some it\u2019s loss of gambling money; for others life savings are involved. In the McCloud HAB case, the risks were flagged up in these pages in January 2017. How many investors read the financial pages and heed the advice?Localised small-scale cooperative ventures are more appropriate for many investors. A while ago I made a small investment in a local solar energy development, for environmental reasons and not expecting large returns. But it has done well. A regular feature about investments in such projects would be a great help to readers like me.Judy EamesAston, Oxfordshire Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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