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Nadhim Zahawi named chair of Very Group after quitting as MP

Former chancellor plans to join online retailer owned by the billionaire Barclay family in June

The Guardian - UK

National archives: Barclay brothers lobbied Labour to scrap inheritance tax

Reclusive billionaire twins notorious for use of tax havens met then prime minister Tony Blair in 1999

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - The Barclays are back with a bang and the Telegraph sale has been turned completely on its head

A motorbike weaves through the London traffic. It’s heading across town, from Belgravia to the City. Riding pillion is Aidan Barclay. The bike races up to the doors of the Lloyds Bank headquarters. Barclay dismounts, rushes in and thrusts a piece of paper into the startled receptionist’s hand. It’s a…

Evening Standard

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Why own a newspaper in 2023? Ask the very rich men trying to buy the Telegraph

With debts of £1bn, this isn’t some ordinary financial asset. The desire to own the papers says more about power than profit, says Guardian columnist Jane Martinson

The Guardian - UK

Barclay family aim to regain Telegraph control with UAE backing – report

Family are said to have secured investment from anonymous backers based in Abu Dhabi

The Guardian - UK

‘The Barclay family don’t see this company as their cash cow’: Yodel chief executive Mike Hancox

The head of the delivery service has put it in profit for the first time and says the financial troubles of its owners will not affect it

The Guardian - UK

Telegraph sale: who might win a fight for the voice of Tory England?

With a sell-off looming for the newspapers, several tycoons and groups look to have the money, and the motivation, to take over

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OPINION - Westminster is alight with intrigue over the sale of the Telegraph and Spectator

If you don’t vote Tory, it is unlikely you will care about the somewhat anxious mood within the SW1 offices of the famous Spectator magazine, once edited by Boris Johnson. Or understand the sense of hopeful uncertainty buzzing around the offices of the “Torygraph” newspaper in Victoria. But to many…

Evening Standard

Telegraph titles to be sold: Who owns the other UK newspapers?

The Daily and Sunday Telegraph plus The Spectator magazine are on the market after the Barclay family lost control of them

Evening Standard

How the Barclay empire lost its grip on the Daily Telegraph

Lost control of media assets over near £1bn debt gives lesson in perils of borrowing too much to expand

The Guardian - UK

Barclay family make last-ditch bid to keep control of Telegraph newspapers

Offer to write off some of the nearly £1bn owed by publisher submitted to lenders Lloyds Banking Group

The Guardian - UK

Receivers kick Barclays off board as they put Telegraph and Spectator up for sale

The newspaper could fetch a £600 million price tag

Evening Standard

Telegraph put up for auction as bank tries to recover debts

Lloyds Banking Group reportedly acted after “becoming frustrated” over loan repayments

The Independent UK

Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph newspapers to be put up for sale

Barclay family have lost control of crown jewel media assets in bitter row with newspaper group’s lender

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Barclay financial legal fight ‘not good for the family’, court told

The latest stage of a long-running fight over money between Sir Frederick and Lady Hiroko Barclay is being heard at the High Court.

The Independent UK

Judge wants Sir Frederick Barclay and ex-wife to reach agreement

Sir Jonathan Cohen said he does not know the retired businessman’s money fight with Lady Hiroko Barclay has not ‘concluded’ in some ‘consensual way’.

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