The UK government's development finance arm, British International Investment (BII), will start offering up to £250 million in financing to private sector companies for reconstruction projects in April, the Ukrainian government said.
The financing package, authorized by the UK government last June, marks the BII's first involvement with Ukraine development financing. The institution normally focuses on Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Caribbean.
Canada announced C$635 million ($460 million) in new financing and guarantees for Ukraine's energy security and reconstruction, alongside an agreement to establish a 100-year strategic partnership between the two countries. Nearly C$435 million will be provided as new loan guarantees to the European Bank for
Ukraine’s reconstruction is often discussed as a vast undertaking that will take off when the war ends. But for Sweco, the international engineering consultancy, Ukraine is already one of its largest markets. Ukraine is now among Sweco International’s four largest markets by revenue and ranks higher still by
Foreign investors could save time and possibly money by preparing factories, warehouses and other developments in Ukraine during the war, then building when security improves, according to Dmytro Omelchuk, Ukraine director of international engineering consultancy Delta. “Right now, for foreign investors, this is a good time to secure the deal,
