Investors who lost millions of pounds when mini-bond firm Basset & Gold failed last April are fighting for compensation for what they feel were mis-sold investments. Some 170 bondholders who invested money between February 2017 and 2018 have complained to the Financial Ombudsman after claiming they were fobbed off by the company supposed to check-up … Read more
Flower delivery business Freddie’s Flowers raises £1m through its minibond investment scheme in only two weeks By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 17 October 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 17 October 2020 Flower delivery business Freddie’s Flowers has raised £1 million through its minibond investment scheme in only two weeks. The … Read more
Freddie Garland – possibly Britain’s most appropriately-named entrepreneur – saw his Freddie’s Flowers home delivery company bloom during lockdown. In a rare pandemic success story, subscribers to Garland’s weekly flower delivery service rose from 60,000 to more than 100,000. Annual sales have hit £26million. And now Garland is dreaming big. Tomorrow, he will launch a … Read more