The boardroom merry-go-round at pubs and restaurants group Mitchells & Butlers takes another spin as the company appoints its sixth chairman in little more than three years... more
The group behind La Tasca and the Ha Ha Bar and Grill chains could be sold for up to £100 million after several private equity group expressed an interest in buying it... more
City Comment: When Mervyn King, appeared before the Lords in November, he focused his remarks on what he said were the two biggest issues of the financial crisis: "Too big to fail" banks and reform of the world monetary system... more
Dutch brewing giant Heineken has written down the value of its British pub estate by £71million, reflecting the dire nature of the country's leisure industry... more
Zolfo Cooper, the insolvency and company restructuring specialist, is poised to take control of the sprawling pub assets owned by property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz and push through a rescue deal ... more
Tim Clarke just had to go, but in some ways it's a shame. The chief executive of Mitchells & Butlers stepped down last week at the second attempt, finally paying the price for a disastrous entanglement with Robert Tchenguiz.... more
Tim Clarke has quit as chief executive of pub chain Mitchells & Butlers after losses on a disastrous hedging strategy spiralled towards £500 million ... more
The recession isn’t hurting everybody. These 20 tycoons sold out before the going got tough and now they’re sitting on vast fortunes — while the City watches their every move... more
What must it be like to lose £1 billion? I'm on my way to meet Robert Tchenguiz and that question is uppermost in my mind. Until recently, Tchenguiz, 48, was cock of the London walk. ... more
Retail: Sir Alan Sugar appeared to become the latest victim of frozen assets in Iceland as he failed in his bid to pick up a 3.88% stake in beleaguered High Street chain Woolworths... more
Just one day after the biggest-ever bailout of the banks, Goldman Sachs's contribution to global efforts to save the financial system was to damn the UK's beleaguered sector... 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
UK Property tycoons Nick and Christian Candy and their Icelandic banking partners locked in last-ditch talks to save an ambitious development in the US... more
Pubs group Mitchells & Butlers bows to pressure from property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz, agreeing to put his representatives on the board and shake-up the business in line with his wishes... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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