‘Bills keep going higher’: community ‘warm spaces’ on the rise in the UK As places such as Walworth Living Room step in to help people in need, charities lament lack of government help The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2025
US private equity giant poised to take over online retailer The Very Group Barclay family set to lose another part of former business empire, once known as Littlewoods, to Carlyle Group The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2025
RedBird Capital confident of tabling a deal to take control of Telegraph Guardian understands plan from US private equity firm to form a consortium or self-fund could come as soon as next month The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2025
The Killiehuntly Two: On-the-run lynx captured in the Scottish Highlands The illegal release has been described as ‘highly irresponsible’ The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2025
Two illegally released lynx ‘humanely’ captured in Scottish Highlands The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland said it had successfully captured the two creatures. Evening Standard · Jan 9, 2025
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 · Dec 29, 2023
UK To Probe Of UAE-backed Takeover Of Telegraph The UK government said on Thursday it had triggered a formal probe on public interest grounds into the proposed sale of the Telegraph Media Group to an Abu Dhabi-backed investment fund. International Business Times · Nov 30, 2023
Sale of Telegraph paused as consortium pledges to repay Barclay debts Abu Dhabi-backed RedBird IMI’s announcement casts doubt over auction process The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2023
You May Never See Us Again: The Barclay Dynasty by Jane Martinson review – succession saga A meticulously reported story of power, politics and feuding at the heart of a British media empire The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2023
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 · Oct 19, 2023
Barclay family put superyacht up for sale for £19m The Lady Beatrice was purchased in 1993 and will be auctioned later in October The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2023
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 · Aug 27, 2023
Eleven endangered Scottish wildcat kittens born at conservation centre The kittens could plan an ‘important role’ in the conservation of the species, the Saving Wildcats project said. The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2023
Telegraph publisher hails profit rise amid subscription push as bidders circle The Telegraph Media Group was put up for sale in June after talks between their billionaire owners, the Barclay family, and lenders collapsed. The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2023 ‘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 · Jul 7, 2023 Judge calls latest stage of Frederick Barclay’s battle with ex-wife a ‘charade’ Businessman’s barrister says money due to be paid to Hiroko Barclay is held up by lenders
The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2023 Sir Frederick Barclay’s ex-wife still waiting for settlement cash, judge hears Sir Jonathan Cohen said he had been told several times that Lady Hiroko Barclay was getting money and described the situation as a ‘charade’
The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2023 Judge says latest stage of Sir Frederick Barclay money fight is a ‘charade’ Sir Jonathan Cohen has heard that Sir Frederick, 88, and his ex-wife Lady Hiroko Barclay, who is also in her 80s, are trying to reach a settlement.
The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2023 Sir Frederick Barclay having difficulties ‘arranging money’, judge told A lawyer representing Sir Frederick’s ex-wife Lady Hiroko Barclay said she was being told that ‘cheques’ were ‘in the post’.
The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2023 Sir Frederick Barclay and ex-wife trying to reach agreement on money, judge told Sir Jonathan Cohen considered the latest stage of the dispute between the 88-year-old retired businessman and Lady Hiroko Barclay on Tuesday.
Daily Record · Jun 23, 2023 Top team tasked with delivering this summer's Perth Show now moving into top gear Cattle expert Robert Gilchrist, chief executive of the prestigious Aberdeen-Angus Society, takes up the reins as chairman of Perthshire Agricultural Society for its 161st Show
The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2023 Battle in the Channel: seigneur of Sark takes on Barclay dynasty Christopher Beaumont is attempting to buy up abandoned hotels and other buildings owned by Telegraph billionaires
The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2023 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
Evening Standard · Jun 9, 2023 Inside the (very) secret world of the Barclays and an oh-so tangled web With their showpiece Telegraph up for sale amid a banking feud, Chris Blackhurst on the family in the eye of a business storm
The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2023 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