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Tchenguiz’s Globe Pub group to collapse

29.10.09
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

Kaupthing’s loan book is tale of woe

10.08.09
The leaked loan book of collapsed Icelandic bank Kaupthing reads like a who’s who of some of the credit crunch’s biggest losers ... more

M&B finds new leader as it rallies from losses

03.08.09
The pub company behind High Street chains such as All Bar One and O’Neill’s has got a new landlord ... more

Spurs owner "offered seat on pub giant's board"

03.07.09
Tottenham Hotspur tycoon Joe Lewis and horseracing magnates John Magnier and JP McManus could soon find themselves able to call the shots at pubs group Mitchells & Butlers... more

Spurs owner "offered seat on pub giant's board"

03.07.09
Tottenham Hotspur tycoon Joe Lewis and horseracing magnates John Magnier and JP McManus could soon find themselves able to call the shots at pubs group Mitchells & Butlers ... more

Tim would be on top by now if only he'd stuck to the pubs

26.05.09
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

Head of Mitchells & Butlers quits after £500m hedge loss

21.05.09
Tim Clarke has quit as chief executive of pub chain Mitchells & Butlers after losses on a disastrous hedging strategy spiralled towards £500 million ... more

Heineken buys £60m debt in Globe pubs

20.04.09
Dutch brewing giant Heineken has taken a 30% stake in the senior debt of Robert Tchenguiz's pub company Globe... more

The cash kings

08.04.09
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

Tchenguiz pubs default on £275m loans

07.04.09
Robert Tchenguiz’s Globe Pub Company has defaulted on its £275 million of loans, leaving the 420-strong chain with an uncertain future... more

So I’ve lost £1 billion... What should I do? Throw myself off the building?

06.03.09
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

Premium suspended but 'bank deal near'

30.12.08
Leisure: Shares in Premium Bars & Restaurants were suspended amid growing fears for the pub and nightclub group's future... more

Iceland 'freezes out' Sugar bid to buy Woolies stake

17.10.08
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

Crunch values lift Whitbread

14.10.08
Whitbread, the business priced for the credit crunch before the term was invented, showed that its cut-price offerings are still luring punters... more

Market report: Woeful Woolworths on Sugar's shopping list

10.10.08
Consumers may be shunning its stores, but Woolworths has still found its way on to Sir Alan Sugar's shopping list.... more

17m M&B shares missing after sell-off by Tchenguiz

09.10.08
The hunt is on for a missing 17 million shares in Mitchells & Butlers... more

Market report: Banks shares shrug off twin blast from brokers

09.10.08
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

Brown at war with the City

09.10.08
Gordon Brown has launched an unprecedented attack on “excessive and irresponsible” City greed... more

London tycoons lose billions in meltdown

09.10.08
The financial meltdown has cost London's tycoons billions and their losses will have a huge impact on the city's economy... more

Tycoon dumps Sainsbury stake

08.10.08
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

Market report: HBOS a big winner as rivals come under fire

08.10.08
Investors in the beleaguered banking sector breathed a sigh of relief as HBOS enjoyed a rare day in the sun... more

The Candy brothers in bid to save US project

08.10.08
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

Iceland freezes all bank share trades

06.10.08
Banking: Trading in the shares of all Iceland’s banks and financial institutions was suspended on the Nordic Exchange ahead of a long-awaited bailout plan from the government... more

Whitbread could do an asset swap with M&B

17.06.08
Deal could be the first in the next wave of consolidation likely to hit the pubs and hotels sector... more

Tchenguiz winner as M&B takes Reit route

20.05.08
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

M&B ups the ante in last round of talks

09.04.08
The fate of one of Britain's biggest pub companies will be sealed in the next six weeks... more

No longer in firing line - but private equity faces stormy time

28.03.08
What a difference six months have made for private equity... more

Blow for Tchenguiz as Somerfield left on shelf

20.03.08
The £2 billion sale of supermarkets chain Somerfield looks set to be dropped due to lack of interest... more

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