Yelling by villagers. Walkouts. Shouts of “disgrace.” All about whether to let fallen financier Lex Greensill buy some land and plant trees on it
Lex Greensill described his vision for about 500 acres of land in Saughall, U.K., at a parish-council meeting in November.SAUGHALL, U.K.—Inveterate deal maker Lex Greensill has another project to sell: convincing neighbors that he can revitalize a patch of northern England by planting 100,000 trees. The financier is best known for his disastrous bid to reinvent the dull-but-important business of supply-chain finance, through the now-bankrupt Greensill Capital. The business imploded nearly two years ago, spawning a thicket of
If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, Don't be alarm-ed now. It's just a spring clean for the May Queen.