Posts tagged: Brunswick
Tuesday, 2 May 2023, 11:12 pm
This morning London-listed retailer Superdry confirmed Mark "the Kleinmanator" Kleinman's story about an equity fundraising.
Now, little old Betaville was chasing a rather similar story during the first Lockdown of 2020 while I was working on the business desk of the Mail on Sunday...
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Thursday, 3 March 2022, 7:34 pm
Word reaches little old Betaville that Mike Ashley's Frasers Group is in advanced talks to hire Brunswick, the so-called "Goldman Sachs" of "corporate communications", otherwise known as spin.
Now, that is surprise as maverick Mike is not usually a fan of stuffy corporate Square Mile types and hasn't had a "proper" City public relations firm on retainer for quite a while...
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Tuesday, 19 May 2020, 6:43 am
So, Compass has effectively confirmed it IS carrying out a cash call. Below is the link to this morning's statement:
https://www.investegate.co.uk/compass-group-plc--cpg-/rns/launch-announcement/202005190700053184N/..
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Wednesday, 6 March 2019, 11:13 am
Hat tip to political blog Guido Fawkes for landing the story about Russell Chambers emerging as a key funder to The Independent Group, the new centrist political party foreshadowed on Betaville. Below is a link to the piece on Guido Fawkes:
https://order-order.com/2019/03/05/tony-blairs-favourite-banker-fundraising-tig/..
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Wednesday, 7 June 2017, 3:48 pm
It was only a month ago that little old Betaville had the pleasure of welcoming the UK’s most famous debt collector back into corporate life.
You might remember I wrote about how Derek Sach, the controversial former head of Royal Bank of Scotland’s discredited and disbanded “business support” unit - the GRG - had resurfaced as an advisor to the Europe's largest private equity group CVC Capital Partners, former owner of Formula One. ..
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Thursday, 23 March 2017, 7:10 am
It struck me whilst combing through the recent coverage of the Bob Diamond / Panmure Gordon deal over the last few days that none of the excellent commentators had picked up on what a shoddy investment the stockbroker has been for Qinvest, the Qatari "investment bank" now run by some ex Goldman Sachs types...
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