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US private equity giant poised to take over online retailer The Very Group

Barclay family set to lose another part of former business empire, once known as Littlewoods, to Carlyle Group

The Guardian - UK

RedBird Capital confident of tabling a deal to take control of Telegraph

Guardian understands plan from US private equity firm to form a consortium or self-fund could come as soon as next month

The Guardian - UK

The Killiehuntly Two: On-the-run lynx captured in the Scottish Highlands

The illegal release has been described as ‘highly irresponsible’

The Independent UK

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Two illegally released lynx ‘humanely’ captured in Scottish Highlands

The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland said it had successfully captured the two creatures.

Evening Standard

National archives: Barclay brothers lobbied Labour to scrap inheritance tax

Reclusive billionaire twins notorious for use of tax havens met then prime minister Tony Blair in 1999

The Guardian - UK

UK To Probe Of UAE-backed Takeover Of Telegraph

The UK government said on Thursday it had triggered a formal probe on public interest grounds into the proposed sale of the Telegraph Media Group to an Abu Dhabi-backed investment fund.

International Business Times

Sale of Telegraph paused as consortium pledges to repay Barclay debts

Abu Dhabi-backed RedBird IMI’s announcement casts doubt over auction process

The Guardian - UK

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You May Never See Us Again: The Barclay Dynasty by Jane Martinson review – succession saga

A meticulously reported story of power, politics and feuding at the heart of a British media empire

The Guardian - UK

Why own a newspaper in 2023? Ask the very rich men trying to buy the Telegraph

With debts of £1bn, this isn’t some ordinary financial asset. The desire to own the papers says more about power than profit, says Guardian columnist Jane Martinson

The Guardian - UK

Barclay family put superyacht up for sale for £19m

The Lady Beatrice was purchased in 1993 and will be auctioned later in October

The Guardian - UK

Barclay family aim to regain Telegraph control with UAE backing – report

Family are said to have secured investment from anonymous backers based in Abu Dhabi

The Guardian - UK

Eleven endangered Scottish wildcat kittens born at conservation centre

The kittens could plan an ‘important role’ in the conservation of the species, the Saving Wildcats project said.

The Independent UK

Telegraph publisher hails profit rise amid subscription push as bidders circle

The Telegraph Media Group was put up for sale in June after talks between their billionaire owners, the Barclay family, and lenders collapsed.

The Independent UK

‘The Barclay family don’t see this company as their cash cow’: Yodel chief executive Mike Hancox

The head of the delivery service has put it in profit for the first time and says the financial troubles of its owners will not affect it

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Judge calls latest stage of Frederick Barclay’s battle with ex-wife a ‘charade’

Businessman’s barrister says money due to be paid to Hiroko Barclay is held up by lenders

The Independent UK

Sir Frederick Barclay’s ex-wife still waiting for settlement cash, judge hears

Sir Jonathan Cohen said he had been told several times that Lady Hiroko Barclay was getting money and described the situation as a ‘charade’

The Independent UK

Judge says latest stage of Sir Frederick Barclay money fight is a ‘charade’

Sir Jonathan Cohen has heard that Sir Frederick, 88, and his ex-wife Lady Hiroko Barclay, who is also in her 80s, are trying to reach a settlement.

The Independent UK

Sir Frederick Barclay having difficulties ‘arranging money’, judge told

A lawyer representing Sir Frederick’s ex-wife Lady Hiroko Barclay said she was being told that ‘cheques’ were ‘in the post’.

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The Independent UK

Sir Frederick Barclay and ex-wife trying to reach agreement on money, judge told

Sir Jonathan Cohen considered the latest stage of the dispute between the 88-year-old retired businessman and Lady Hiroko Barclay on Tuesday.

Daily Record

Top team tasked with delivering this summer's Perth Show now moving into top gear

Cattle expert Robert Gilchrist, chief executive of the prestigious Aberdeen-Angus Society, takes up the reins as chairman of Perthshire Agricultural Society for its 161st Show

The Guardian - UK

Battle in the Channel: seigneur of Sark takes on Barclay dynasty

Christopher Beaumont is attempting to buy up abandoned hotels and other buildings owned by Telegraph billionaires

The Guardian - UK

Telegraph sale: who might win a fight for the voice of Tory England?

With a sell-off looming for the newspapers, several tycoons and groups look to have the money, and the motivation, to take over

Evening Standard

Inside the (very) secret world of the Barclays and an oh-so tangled web

With their showpiece Telegraph up for sale amid a banking feud, Chris Blackhurst on the family in the eye of a business storm

The Guardian - UK

How the Barclay empire lost its grip on the Daily Telegraph

Lost control of media assets over near £1bn debt gives lesson in perils of borrowing too much to expand

The Guardian - UK

‘Former estate agents’: the strange life of the Barclay twins

Losing Telegraph newspapers will not turn remaining twin Frederick Barclay into a pauper, but it’s a bitter end to brothers’ empire-building

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