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Mike Ashley's Frasers Group increases stake in AO

The original deal saw Frasers Group acquire a stake of just under 19% in AO for £75m

Birmingham Post

AO, LDC and Mike Ashley's Frasers Group: The 14 latest North West deals

BusinessLive has rounded up some of the latest top deals you should not miss

Birmingham Post

'£100 Ubers, hundreds cramming onto trains, walking six miles home' - Travel chaos during Manchester's busiest weekend

'People were and more could have been seriously hurt'

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Mike Ashley stretches the edges of Frasers’ ‘ecosystem’ with AO World stake

Strategically questionable 18.9% stake in the white goods seller suggests the Sports Direct founder still can’t resist a punt

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The Mancunian Way: Citehhh!

City’s victory parade PLUS The long walk home from Parklife AND Arguing against the ‘concrete monstrosity’

Manchester Evening News

Mike Ashley's retail empire buys £75m stake in electricals giant AO

Frasers Group has snapped up a number of Manchester companies over the last year or so

Manchester Evening News

Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group takes 19% stake in AO World

Move to buy £75m of shares in UK’s biggest seller of large domestic appliances

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Mike Ashley's Frasers Group buys £75m stake in AO

The shares had been held by hedge fund Odey Asset Management

Birmingham Post

Review: Disney 100: The Concert at AO Arena

"The multimedia production is pitch perfect and seamless, but I expect nothing less with a Disney production"

Manchester Evening News

AO launches recruitment drive for over 250 new jobs with potential 20% pay rise

In February, AO upped it annual earnings outlook for the third time in just over three months after it said its cost-cutting efforts were paying off

Manchester Evening News

AO hopes to attract over 250 new employees with potential 20% pay rise

In February, AO upped it annual earnings outlook for the third time in just over three months after it said its cost-cutting efforts were paying off

Birmingham Post

UA92 to open business school in city centre offices vacated by AO

The Class of '92 members behind UA92 are Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Phil Neville and Nicky Butt

Birmingham Post

iPhone rival Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 slashed by £349 - making it cheaper than at Currys and Argos

The state-of-the-art mobile phone has been significantly reduced by a major tech giant

Manchester Evening News

Families of three young men jailed over Moss Side 'gang' murder apply to review their convictions

The application has been backed by Manchester MP Lucy Powell

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Three black men in UK say ‘institutional racism’ influenced murder convictions

Durrell Goodall, Reano Walters and Nathaniel Williams are applying for a formal review of their convictions as teenagers

Evening Standard

John Roberts net worth | Evening Standard Tech Rich List

Like many successful businesspeople, Roberts did not make the grade at school and failed his A-levels in mathematics, geography, and economics.

Birmingham Post

AO World says consumer market doing better than expected

Electricals retailer says cost-cutting efforts are seeing 'positive traction'

Birmingham Post

TalkTalk, the Issa brothers and AO: The 19 latest deals from across the North West

BusinessLive has rounded up some of the latest top deals you should not miss

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Tory donor's investment giant increases stake in AO

Odey Asset Management was founded in 1991 by Crispin Odey

Birmingham Post

AO boss John Roberts hands over 1.4 million shares to charity but share price drop hits donation value

AO's share price has fallen by a third from around 90p over the last year

Motorsport

AO Racing reveals T-Rex livery for Sebring 12 Hours

In January, at the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona the team’s livery paid tribute to the 1983 Daytona 24 Hours-winning Porsche 935 driven by AJ Foyt, Bob Wollek, Preston Henn and Claude Ballot-Lena.

Birmingham Post

Online white goods retailer AO cuts Salford office space by 80%

Baskerville House is one of four buildings at Riverside’s campus-like cluster

Manchester Evening News

AO expecting higher profits after raising delivery charges

'AO needs to demonstrate the ability to grow while achieving profitability'

Birmingham Post

Online electricals giant AO hikes earnings outlook for the third time in three months after cost-cutting success

The group had already increased earnings guidance in November and again in January as its turnaround plan to strip out costs has been bearing fruit

Manchester Evening News

'I followed Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis' advice and cut bill for everyday appliance in half'

Some household appliances can cost a lot more than you'd think

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