Tax-break trees: how woodland became a store of wealth for the rich Attempt to turn a stretch of the English-Scottish border into a commercial forest exposes threat to habitats from wealthy investors The Guardian - UK · Jun 7
5 new podcasts to listen to this week These are our top podcast picks. The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2025
Billionaire Guy Hands’ property firm sells military homes to MoD for £6bn Terra Firma’s sale of 36,000 properties ends legal fight with government over recent housing reforms The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2024
Billionaire Guy Hands’ property firm takes housing reforms to European court Annington Property fears recent legislation could potentially affectthe value of some of the 38,000 UK military homes it holds The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2024
The Tory press can publish all the tax avoidance guides they like - the rich won’t flee a Labour government The scare-mongering will come to nothing. Britain’s super-wealthy know that moving abroad would be bad for business, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2024
The Tory press can publish all the tax avoidance guides they like – the rich won’t flee a Labour government The scare-mongering will come to nothing. Britain’s super-wealthy know that moving abroad would be bad for business, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2024
Only taxing and spending can repair the damage of Brexit. Who will tell Labour? Corbyn was lukewarm on Europe. Starmer will not go for re-entry. Blair wants fiscal restraint. When will the party learn? The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2023
For the record Guy Hands | Ellis Genge/Joe Marchant | Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge | Blackpool attraction image | Robert De Niro films The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2023
Private equity pioneer Guy Hands to leave Terra Firma ‘when I’m 64’ Dealmaker and ardent Brexit critic to leave senior posts at firm he founded more than 20 years ago The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2023
UK government wins right to take back control of military homes worth £8bn High court deals blow to Guy Hands’s Annington Property with ruling that privatisation was ‘bad deal’ The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2023
Guy Hands firm challenges MoD over controversial £8bn property estate Annington Property launches judicial review arguing ministry does not have right to take back houses after ‘disastrous’ sell-off The Guardian - UK · Feb 13, 2023
It is hard to admit being wrong. But Brexit voters are doing so in droves Having been grossly misled in the referendum, Britons’ anger is mounting as the reality of our plight becomes clear The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2023
On third anniversary of Brexit, British PM hails departure as 'huge opportunity' British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has defended Brexit, insisting that leaving the European Union had brought significant achievements and offered a "huge opportunity," three years after the withdrawal agreement came into force. Radio France Internationale · Jan 31, 2023
Brexit branded ‘complete disaster’ as £100bn a year loss to UK revealed Brexit ‘a bunch of complete and total lies’, says ex-Tory donor Guy Hands on third anniversary of exit The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2023 Brexit is a ‘complete disaster’ and ‘total lies’, says former Tory donor Private equity veteran Guy Hands says Boris Johnson ‘threw the country and the NHS under the bus’
The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2022 Rishi Sunak should negotiate ‘soft Brexit’ trade deal with EU, says ex-Tory donor Renegotiating deal to boost economy could help Tories win election, says billionaire Guy Hands
The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2022 Firm backed by billionaire withdraws £105m offer to repair military homes it owns Proposal by company owned by Guy Hands’ Terra Firma had been contingent on MoD dropping plan to wrest back ownership
The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2022 Rishi Sunak must avoid ‘doom loop’ of austerity cuts, says CBI boss OLD New PM must not repeat mistakes of 2010s, says Tony Danker
The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2022 Tories turning UK into ‘sick man of Europe,’ says top party donor OLD Economy ‘doomed’ because of Brexit, says Guy Hands
Daily Mirror · Oct 24, 2022 Tory donor admits party is not fit to govern as he calls UK 'sick man of Europe' In a scathing assessment of the Conservative record in power, Guy Hands also warned that Britain might need a bailout from the International Monetary Fund as the economy may be "doomed"
The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2022 UK may need IMF bailout unless Brexit renegotiated, says City finance chief Britain on path to become ‘sick man of Europe’, says former Tory donor
The National (Scotland) · Oct 24, 2022 UK economy 'doomed' under Tories' 'hopeless' Brexit, top financier says THE UK’s economy is “doomed” unless the Tories renegotiate Brexit, a prominent investor and financier has said.
The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2022 Pound gains as markets calmed by Boris Johnson quitting race to be prime minister Sterling stood at $1.136 against the dollar on Monday morning
The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2022 Tory backer says UK economy is ‘frankly doomed’ without Brexit renegotiation Guy Hands says Conservatives are putting country ‘on a path to be sick man of Europe’
Tribune News Service · Oct 3, 2022 Britain’s hard lessons from handing elder care over to private equity LONDON — A little over a decade ago, Four Seasons Health Care was among the largest long-term care home companies in Britain, operating 500 sites with 20,000 residents and more than 60 specialist centers. Domestic and global private equity investors had supercharged the company’s growth, betting that the rising needs…