Crispin Odey makes £75m by betting against Intu

Brexiteer Crispin Odey makes £75m by betting against failed shopping mall owner Intu Odey had held a short position in Intu since at least 2012 Intu collapsed after it was unable to persuade its lenders to grant a debt repayment holiday  By Ben Harrington And Neil Craven, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:53 BST, 27 … Read more

Georgian townhouse in Mayfair which was the home of Mitford sister Nancy goes on sale for £7.5m

A Georgian townhouse in London’s Mayfair which was the former home to prolific writer Nancy Mitford and used as her billet during a stint with the Auxiliary Fire Service in the Second World War has gone on sale for £7.5million.  As a writer with an affluent background and one of the celebrated Mitford sisters, Nancy … Read more

Derelict 170-year-old hospital chapel in Chelsea goes on sale for £7.5m

A derelict hospital chapel that has lain empty for almost 30 years has hit the market for £7.5million- but the new owner will still have to pay another £5million to transform the unoccupied site into a home.  St Luke’s Chapel, which is nestled in a leafy Chelsea and is the former chapel of the Royal Brompton Hospital in … Read more

Coronavirus: Dominic Raab unveils £75m repatriation plan

Dominic Raab today unveiled a massive £75 million repatriation plan to bring back ‘tens of thousands’ of Britons stranded abroad because of the coronavirus crisis.  The Foreign Secretary said the UK government will now step in to provide ‘special charter flights’ from parts of the world where commercial flights are no longer in operation.  The … Read more

Huge mansion goes on the market for £7.5m (but new owner will have to spend another £13m) 

The plot for an as-yet-unbuilt mansion is for sale for £7.5million – and any prospective owner will have to be prepared to fork out an extra £13million for the construction of a 70-room stately home. The patch of land on the Crown Estate at Oxshott, Surrey – which currently features an older property – already … Read more

Police in Manchester seize fake goods including North Face and Nike clothing worth more than £7.5m

More than £7.5 million of suspected counterfeit clothing, watches and perfume has been seized by police during raids in Manchester. The operation, which involved 100 police officers and staff, saw three premises in Cheetham Hill searched and 15 people arrested on Wednesday. Inside the interlinked premises in the road known as ‘counterfeit street’, were clothes … Read more

BlackRock fires fund manager after he lent $75M to movie studio that cast his DAUGHTER in film

BlackRock fires fund manager for a conflict-of-interest after he lent $75MILLION of investor money to an indie movie studio that cast his DAUGHTER in one of their films BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust manager Randy Robertson ‘loaned $75million of the fund’s money to indie film studio Aviron Pictures’ in 2017 Aviron later cast Robertson’s actress daughter, … Read more

The £7.5M Wentworth mansion with £25k chandeliers and a champagne wall

A new mansion in one of Britain’s most desirable addresses appears to have luxury seeping from the walls.  The brand new six-bedroom property on Surrey’s prestigious Wentworth Estate is approached through electronic gates and it’s impressive interiors can be enjoyed as soon as the front door opens. There is a bespoke glass leaf-design chandelier in … Read more