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  • Barclay family’s Very Group snapped up by US private equity giant

    Retail

    Online retailer The Very Group has been snapped up by a US private equity giant, ending an over 20 year tenure of ownership under the Barclay family. The group will now be controlled by Washington-based Carlyle alongside Abu Dhabi-based investment fund International Media Investments (IMI). It marks the latest offshoring of businesses for the Barclay [...]

    The billionaire Barclay family is rumoured to be plotting a sale of their online retail and financial service business Very Group. 
  • Boutique Leicester Square hotel handed £42m price tag

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    A recently-converted boutique hotel in London’s Leicester Square has been put on the market for £42m. The former office building on 2-5 Charing Cross Road has undergone a significant conversion project and is set to be fully operational by June. The announcement comes as former Natwest bank on London’s Piccadilly is also set to become [...]

    Garrick House, at 3-5 Charing Cross road. Credit: LCA

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