Posts tagged: Frasers Group
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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Wednesday, 26 May 2021, 6:24 pm
It looks like Mike Ashley's intentions may have been lost in translation for Manager Magazin.
Frasers Group, the company the maverick entrepreneur controls, just said it has no plans to big for Hugo Boss AG. Below is the link:..
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Sunday, 29 November 2020, 8:08 pm
Harriet Dennys, a colleague two times over, had a decent line in this weekend's Mail on Sunday that would appear to speak to the theme aired on Betaville recently that some the big London-listed companies that raised money over the summer will once again be tapping up shareholders for fresh funds.
Below is a link to Harriet's piece, which would seem to suggest that easyJet might look to raise cash by issuing new shares or a convertible bond...
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Monday, 24 August 2020, 9:53 pm
Hat tip to Oliver "Shahsy" Shah.
Ten days ago the intrepid hack and business editor of The Sunday Times splashed the section he edits with a scoop about Mike Ashley move's to buy Dave Whelan's Sports for more than £30 million. Below is the link:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mike-ashley-bids-for-dave-whelans-bust-dw-sports-cm8mplt5k..
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