Walgreen to pay £1bn to offload Boots pension scheme November 19, 2023 Walgreens is believed to be offloading the scheme in order to restart a sales process for the health and beauty retailer.
Zuber Issa exploring £500m sale of Asda stake in split with brother February 4, 2024 One of the billionaire Issa brothers, who together co-own Asda alongside a private equity firm, is reportedly trying to offload his stake in the supermarket as it grapples with a mounting debt pile.
EY quits as Asda’s auditor amid criticism of Issa brothers January 28, 2024 Big Four accountant EY quit as Asda's auditor last summer in another blow to co-owners Moshin and Zuber Issa.
Asda tycoons’ private jets flew to the Caribbean 50 times, data reveals April 22, 2024 The private jets of Asda's billionaire owners, the Issa brothers, flew between London and the Caribbean more than 50 times over a two-and-a-half-year period, City A.M. can reveal.
Asda owners tying up £10bn merger with petrol giant EG May 25, 2023 The billionaire owners of Asda and petrol giant EG are reportedly gearing up to tie a ribbon on their £10bn merger in Britain. The deal, which will create a cluster of 170,000 employees and revenues of £30bn, is set to be announced on Friday, according to reports in Sky News. If confirmed, the group will [...]
Subway: ‘Club’ deal as Advent, Bain and TPG face off with Asda owners in £8bn race for sandwich giant April 19, 2023 A flock of the world’s biggest buyout firms are eyeing the possibility of a joint bid for Subway, joining the owners of Asda in the race to acquire the sandwich chain. Advent International, Bain Capital and TPG are considering teaming up in a so-called “club deal” as the second round of auctioning for the American [...]
Billionaire Issa brothers’ £2bn Asda deal sees petrol stations empire EG Group surge back to profit May 20, 2024 The petrol forecourts empire built by the billionaire Issa brothers, who also own Asda, surged back into the black in 2023 following its £2bn deal with the supermarket giant.
Pet retailer Jollyes’ former owner Kester Capital sees robust demand for new fund March 19, 2024 Kester Capital's latest fund has closed £50m ahead of target at £200m as the low mid-market private equity firm attracts new blue-chip institutional investors.
Issa Brothers mull sale of Asda properties as debt rises March 12, 2023 Asda has launched a £8.6bn review of its property estate as the billionaire brothers behind the business scramble for options to reduce its debt pile, according to reports. According to reports in The Telegraph, owners Mohsin and Zuber Issa backed by private equity backers TDR Capital, are targeting the sale and leaseback of Asda’s supermarket [...]
Asda eyes up Co-op’s petrol business in £450m bid August 29, 2022 Asda is the front-runner to buy approximately 130 petrol stations and convenience stores from the Co-op Group’s petrol forecourt business in a £450m swoop.