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Sunday 05 July 2009 8:00 pm  |  Updated:  Friday 31 May 2019 9:12 am

CIRCLING FRIENDS

By: admindrupal

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Internet entrepreneur Peter Dubens is on the shortlist to buy Friends Reunited from ITV. The broadcaster, which paid £175m for Friends, may sell it for as little as £20m. Dubens runs a private equity arm called Oakley Capital.

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