One of the UK's best-known and most successful businessmen, Sir Philip - whose Arcadia chain includes Topshop and BHS and who once tried to take over M&S - was asked by David Cameron in 2010 to investigate Whitehall waste.
Sir Philip Green used to carry round in his briefcase a clutch of letters from the banks pledging to lend him the money he required to buy Marks & Spencer... more
Fashion brands Topshop and Topman show a natty pair of heels to the rest of the High Street with record results for the 12 months to the end of August... more
City Spy has already reported one suggestion to fill the pension deficit — by using the profits of commercial arm BBC Worldwide, which makes more than £100 million a year. And staff like it
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Arcadia boss Sir Philip Green may have done the nation a service by highlighting inefficiencies in the way the Government goes about spending our cash but that does not impress everyone... more
A business telecoms company backed by Sir Philip Green when it was launched two years ago is coming to AIM, turning its founder into a multi-millionaire ... more
Profile: Peter Cummings' ambitious strategy made billions by riding the UK property boom, but now he is being blamed as the bank faces huge losses... more
Take a moment to raise a glass to Philip Green - not the High Street billionaire retailer but the man who runs United Utilities, the UK's largest listed water company, which owns, operates and maintains utility assets including water, wastewater, electricity and gas.... more
With £1bn debts, retail empire Baugur is set to be broken up and, says its founder, end up in the ‘hands of British vultures’. It seems he couldn’t be more wrong...... more
Topshop tycoon Sir Philip Green shrugs off talk of rival bidders threatening his plan to take control of the Icelandic-owned Baugur retail chain... more
J Sainsbury was the focus of intense City gossip after it emerged that Iranian property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz has offloaded his stake in the supermarkets chain... more
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