Bolton Wanderers is now partly owned by the taxpayer

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

The UK taxpayer has become a shareholder of the business that took over Bolton Wanderers Football Club. The British Business Bank has published a list of 108 companies in which the Government's Future Fund has invested in.

It includes the football club, an online bookmaker and the Black Sheep Coffee chain. Launched on May 20, 2020, and open for applications until January 31, 2021, the Future Fund issued 1,190 companies with convertible loan agreements a total of worth £1.14bn.

Third-party investors were required to at least match the Future Fund’s investment. READ MORE: Residents find NAILS hidden in grassy area used by children - with sick warning attached to them The additional firms brings the total number of businesses backed by the fund to 265, BusinessLive reports.

Football Ventures (Whites), which took over Bolton Wanderers in August 2019, is among those companies included in the new list as well as Big Wave Brands, which makes a vegan pineapple and chilli infused spirit and private luxury villas company Edge Retreats.