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Regional Growth Fund invests £1bn in 130 projects

A third round of the Government's Regional Growth Fund is to provide a further 130 projects with £1.05bn.

By Tom Bridge | 19 October 2012

A third round of the Government's Regional Growth Fund is to provide a further 130 projects with £1.05bn.

Announcing the successful bidders today, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg stated that the fund would use public money to leverage £6bn of private investment and create or safeguard 240,000 long-term jobs.

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