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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Simon Goodley

Private equity fund offers car tycoon €1.1m to settle claim over investment cash

Close-up headshot of him looking serious
Peter Waddell also alleges that Freshstream used an investigation to oust him from his used car empire. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian

A private equity company accused of ousting a multimillionaire used car salesman from his own business has offered to pay €1.1m (£950,000) to settle a separate case with him.

Peter Waddell filed his first high court claim against Freshstream last year, alleging that the investment firm used an independent investigation into contested sexist, racist and abusive comments “as a means of securing [his] exclusion” from his used car empire, Big Motoring World. Freshstream had acquired a one-third share in Big during 2022.

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