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  • Sir Philip Green’s wife spent millions on London homes as BHS collapsed

    Sir Philip Green's wife spent millions on London homes as BHS collapsed

    Sir Philip Green’s wife spent millions on London properties while thousands of employees working at now-collapsed BHS prepared to lose their jobs.  Details of Lady Tina Green’s spending were laid bare in the ‘Pandora Papers – leaked offshore financial documents published by the BBC. Tina Green used a company located in the British Virgin Islands [...]

  • Retirement villages may offer high streets their needed post-pandemic revival

    Retirement villages may offer high streets their post-pandemic revival

    Retirement village provider Audley Group and BlackRock Real Assets have embarked on a £500m joint venture into the retirement living sector in the UK, which could bring high streets the much-needed footfall for post-pandemic revival. The joint venture, confirmed yesterday, will fund the development of at least three retirement communities, which will be ready for [...]

  • Dominic Chappell evaded tax after buying BHS for £1, court told

    Businessman Dominic Chappell “dishonestly chose” to evade tax on the £2.2m income he received from buying failing retailer BHS for £1, a court heard yesterday. Chappell, who led BHS when it collapsed in 2016, is on trial at Southwark Crown Court on three charges of cheating public revenue relating to him and his bankrupt firm [...]

  • Ex-BHS owner Dominic Chappell ordered to pay £9.5m into pension scheme

    January 14, 2020

    Former BHS owner Dominic Chappell has been ordered to pay £9.5m into the collapsed department store’s pension schemes.  The Pensions Regulator (TPR) announced today that Chappell’s acquisition of BHS, the appointment of inexperienced board members and the implementation of an “inadequate” business plan were detrimental to the company’s pension schemes. Read more: BHS buyer Chappell [...]

  • BHS buyer Dominic Chappell banned from directorships for 10 years

    November 5, 2019

    Dominic Chappell, the businessman who bought BHS from Sir Philip Green for £1 a year before the company collapsed with 11,000 jobs lost, has been barred from serving as a company director for ten years. Sky News first reported today that the Insolvency Service had handed the the three-time bankrupt the decade-long ban. Read more: [...]

  • Sir Philip Green told to plug Arcadia’s mammoth pensions deficit with his own cash

    May 24, 2019

    Frank Field has weighed in on the row surrounding Sir Philip Green’s proposed restructuring of Arcadia, calling on the Topshop tycoon to guarantee his staff’s pensions with his own personal fortune. Read more: Arcadia to shut two dozen stores in radical rescue plan In a letter, the Work and Pensions Committee chair said Green should [...]

  • Sir Philip Green loses his billionaire status

    May 12, 2019

    Sir Philip Green has lost his billionaire status, rounding off a torrid 12 months for the scandal-hit fashion mogul. For the first time since 2002, Green can no longer count himself a member of the billionaires club after seeing his personal fortune halve over the course of the last year. The Topshop tycoon and his [...]

  • Business lobby groups slam competition watchdog’s calls for radical audit reform

    April 18, 2019

    Business lobby group the CBI said reforms to the audit sector proposed today by the competition watchdog could “undermine confidence in corporate Britain”. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) today called for the Big Four accountancy firm’s audit arms to be split from their non-audit arms with separate profit pool and management in a major [...]

  • Major companies could be exempt from joint audit rules in competition watchdog report

    April 14, 2019

    The UK’s competition watchdog reportedly could exclude some major companies from a new rule that would require many business to appoint joint auditors. Sky News reported that the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is set to publish its long awaited report into the audit sector this week. According to the report, the CMA has been [...]

  • KPMG examining audit spin-off in wake of damning report from MPs

    April 8, 2019

    Big Four accounting firm KPMG is reportedly planning an overhaul of its UK business in the wake of political pressure and a wave of scandals. KPMG could split its UK audit practice from its wider UK business, The Times reported. Read more: MPs call for full breakup of audit’s Big Four in wake of scandals [...]

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