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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jillian Ambrose

Ineos said to be in talks to sell parts of business to tackle rising debt

Jim Ratcliffe
Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos group hopes to raise hundreds of millions of pounds amid a prolonged downturn in the global chemicals industry. Photograph: Lucy North/PA

The chemicals empire owned by the billionaire Jim Ratcliffe is in talks to sell parts of the business in the hope of raising hundreds of millions of pounds to tackle its rising debts, according to a report.

The talks are at an early stage but have focused on selling assets from Ratcliffe’s vinyls business, Ineos Inovyn, the Financial Times said, citing people familiar with the matter.

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