The Icelandic banking crisis which began towards the end of 2008 sent shockwaves through local authorities up and down the UK, as collectively they had over £1bn invested there.
It has been a long seven years of perseverance and determination since then to recover the funds. Now the process is nearly complete, with the vast majority of funds successfully retrieved.
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