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...“I hope it goes ahead,” said Lynn Johnston, walking her dogs near the beach with her daughter Kirby. “Young people need the jobs.” Some older ones are keen too....
...The freedom of information disclosures also show that an agency doctor in King’s Lynn was paid £375 an hour – equivalent to an annual salary of £660,000....
...The most high-profile attempt was Vector, a £2bn-plus collection of hotels put together by entrepreneur Richard Balfour-Lynn and Royal Bank of Scotland....
...Mr Balfour-Lynn, chief executive of Marylebone Warwick Balfour, blamed the credit squeeze for the failure to find a firm buyer for the 19-hotel portfolio....
...MWB, the company run by Richard Balfour-Lynn, said this week it had abandoned the sale of a £700m portfolio of hotels, branded as Malmaison and Hotel du Vin....
...Following in the footsteps of Lynn Thurber, Mr Jacobson promises “evolution” rather than revolution....
...The property group, run by entrepreneur Richard Balfour-Lynn, has hired Bank of America to sell the businesses....
...Deutsche Bank advised Mr Balfour-Lynn. Also advising are Goldman Sachs, UBS, Citigroup and JPMorgan Cazenove....
...Some investors were wary about Mr Balfour-Lynn remaining on the boards of AHG and MWB after the deal....
...The sale comes in the aftermath of RBS’s failed attempt – alongside hotel entrepreneur Richard Balfour-Lynn – to float a £2.6bn portfolio of hotels....
...Deutsche Bank AG advised Mr Balfour-Lynn. Also advising are Goldman Sachs, UBS, Citigroup and JP Morgan Cazenove....
...The comments are significant as they come only one month after Vector, a hotel Reit set up by the Royal Bank of Scotland and the entrepreneur Richard Balfour-Lynn, failed to float....
...Mr Balfour-Lynn was on the board of Vector and he ran the group’s operating company....
...Starwood is thought to have bid for De Vere Hotels, which was eventually taken private by Richard Balfour-Lynn’s Alternative Hotels Group. Whitbread and Starwood on Sunday refused to comment....
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