In focus Green Deal 1/4


Is the


Green Deal a fair deal for SMEs?


The Green Deal is widely accepted as a progressive idea in principle. But, says Conor McGlone, criticism that the way the scheme has been designed could exclude small and medium sized businesses is damaging its credibility


Finally launched in January, the Government’s highly anticipated retrofit energy-efficiency scheme has been posi- tioned as a key mechanism in reaching its target of reducing UK greenhouse gas


emissions by 80% by 2050. However, already the scheme has been mired in accusations that it has been under-pub- licised, the interest rates are far too high and the process is overly complex, par-


ticularly for SMEs.


There are three stages to the Green Deal mechanism – initially, a Green Deal assessor visits customers to undertake an assessment of the property and make


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