The estimated market for energyefficient equipment finance over the next three years in the professional services sector is £270 million, new analysis from the Carbon Trust and Siemens suggests.
However, with businesses “remaining cautious about investing in equipment upgrades in a slowly recovering economy,” the two organisations have launched a scheme to provide “green equipment finance”, thus “making such investment affordable”. Any business can apply for funds from the scheme – designed to match monthly payments with the equivalent savings from lower energy consumption.
