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...Mr McManus told the Financial Times he was not a friend of and had not met Mr Kushner, and did not have friends in Hollywood....
...Robert Shrimsley argues that No-deal dreamers could force a Brexit rethink as ministers struggle to find a path through the UK’s political crisis....
...It’s the pace of change,” says Mr McManus. “It doesn’t come free.”...
...Julie McManus, scientific director for Lancôme UK & Ireland, says: “We were interested in a compound called jasmonate, which is present in plants and has a role in repair and regeneration....
...Mr Lewis bought his stake in M&B in 2008 from the property magnate Robert Tchenguiz....
...Piedmont acquired most of its stake in M&B in October 2008 from property investor Robert Tchenguiz at about 130p a share....
...Having seen Robert Tchenguiz off its share register a little more than a year ago, the Harvester and All Bar One pub chains owner now faces the prospect of another drawn-out power struggle with its main...
...One key ally of Mr Lewis is expected to be Elpida, the investment vehicle of racing magnates JP McManus and John Magnier, which holds a 17.5 per cent stake....
...Joe Lewis, the Bahamas-based billionaire who became M&B’s largest shareholder last year after buying Robert Tchenguiz’s stake at a fire-sale price, increased his holding in the company through his Piedmont...
...Mr Lewis has been on M&B’s share register since October after he bought entrepreneur Robert Tchenguiz’s 21 per cent stake ....
...The swaps were, of course, taken against interest rate and inflation fluctuations to underpin a property joint venture deal with R20, the investment vehicle of Robert Tchenguiz, the ex-property entrepreneur...
...Suspicion over Mr Lewis’ motives is compounded by his ties with John Magnier and JP McManus, the racing entrepreneurs, whose Elpida vehicle has about 10 per cent of M&B....
...That follows Robert Tchenguiz this month converting most of his M&B derivatives into a 25.8 per cent equity holding....
...Four men, David Johnson, Sir Robert Ogden, J.P. McManus and Trevor Hemmings have each laid out a fortune trying to win the race....
...Irish businessmen John Magnier and JP McManus also own a stake in the pub group through their investment vehicle Elpida....
...M&B is under pressure to resurrect the property deal with financier Robert Tchenguiz that was to have been structured as a joint venture....
...Mitchells & Butlers slipped 0.8 per cent to 332p in spite of news that Elpida Group, a vehicle controlled by John Magnier and JP McManus, the Irish investors, had raised its stake in the pub and bars group...
...M&B shares had risen 25 per cent as the company announced plans for a £4.5bn property deal with Robert Tchenguiz, the financier. But on August 2, the company was forced to put the deal on ice....
...Other investors attracted by the real estate value bought stock, including Elpida, an arm of John Magnier and JP McManus, the Irish investors, and Marshall Wace, a hedge fund....
...Any deal would need the approval of Robert Tchenguiz, M&B’s largest shareholder who has an interest of 23 per cent....
...McManus, the Irish racing entrepreneur. Together with his business partner, John Magnier, Mr McManus has made investments in a number of UK companies, most famously Manchester United....
...John Magnier and JP McManus, the Irish businessmen, recently raised their stake to 4 per cent....
...Mitchells & Butlers, the pub and restaurant company, was also in demand, rising 6.5 per cent to 665½p as investors realised that Irish racing barons, JP McManus and John Magnier, had taken a 3.4 per cent...
...From an early stage, Lewis is said to have enthusiastically backed young entrepreneurs, such Robert Earl and Daniel Levy, with whom he eventually took over Tottenham Hotspur football club in north London...
...Among the mid-caps, Ladbrokes, the bookmaker, lost 0.2 per cent to 308¾p as rumours of stake-building by John Magnier and JP McManus, the Irish racing tycoons were rubbished....
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