Hints and tips:
...He has chaired Ashley Tabor-King’s Global media group for 15 years. That suggests Allen is good at getting along with founders....
...Meanwhile, UK property owner IWG gave up on sales talks with Terra Firma, TDR Capital and Starwood last week....
...Terra Firma and LA Fitness declined to comment....
...Ashley Madison, the Canadian matchmaker for adulterous affairs, is eyeing up London’s exchanges with the aim of raising $20m....
...The programme is completed by Ashley Page’s Subterrain, about which I choose not to comment....
...Then, after far too long, Shobana Jeyasingh’s Terra Incognita, newly made for Rambert and having a new score by Gabriel Prokofiev and design by Jean-Marc Puissant....
...The move by the owner of the Berghaus, Mitre and Ellesse brands entangles him still further with Mr Ashley, whose Sports Direct holds 11 per cent of JJB....
...An interesting letter appeared in this paper on Friday from Ashley Unwin, a partner at PwC....
...The shares, which amounted to almost a fifth of the company, were held through the Aim-listed Terra Catalyst fund, which is run by Laxey, and other funds under its management....
...Those leaving Terra Firma – including Chris Roling, Riaz Punja and Ashley Unwin – were appointed by Hands to senior positions within EMI, the music group he acquired last year for £4bn....
...Two of EMI’s top executives put in by Terra Firma, Chris Roling and Ashley Unwin, have now been ousted, and the private equity house has been forced to inject more capital into the music business to stop...
...Chris Roling, appointed by Mr Hands as EMI’s chief operating officer and chief financial officer, and Ashley Unwin, the music group’s chief operating officer for the UK and North America, are both leaving...
...Laxey has acquired the stake for its Terra Catalyst opportunity fund, which floated on Aim in February....
...The sale of the radio business to Ashley Tabor’s Global Radio raised £170m and shareholders will shortly receive 57½p per share from the proceeds....
...As we and others reported, the banks are getting nervous about the weak level of shareholder support for Terra Firma’s bid. Finally, how good were our Mike Ashley pictures this morning?...
...Ashley Unwin, a former management consultant, will become director of business transformation, while Julie Williamson will focus on strategic relationships with companies such as Apple, the leading retailer...
...- Terra Firma sealed a recommended deal from music firm EMI on Monday and Andrew Regan’s Corvus Capital confirmed it had been interested but said it wouldn’t be proceeding....
...Meanwhile, Laura Ashley slid 10.6 per cent to 10½p as it lost its second chief executive in two months, with the departure of Ainum Mohd-Saaid with immediate effect....
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