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Richard Desmond

  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    British mogul Richard Desmond gets Dubai golden visa for ‘lifestyle’ reasons

    Millionaire will split his time between London and Dubai after buying a property in the Gulf state

    Richard Desmond
  • Friday, 10 November, 2023
    InterviewNorthern & Shell PLC
    Richard Desmond seeks £200mn in damages in legal challenge to National Lottery auction

    Media tycoon criticises auction process which ended in Czech-owned Allwyn winning the licence

  • Wednesday, 24 June, 2020
    UK politics
    Government releases documents on Jenrick approval of Desmond project

    Attempt to defuse what minister called ‘wild accusations’ over Westferry development

  • Thursday, 11 June, 2020
    UK politics
    Cabinet minister faces inquiry over £1bn Docklands scheme approval

    Questions from MPs over communities secretary’s backing of plan 2 weeks before developer donated £12,000 to party

  • Sunday, 31 May, 2020
    UK economy
    Jenrick authorised property scheme after lobbying

    Businessman Richard Desmond spoke to minister about Westferry Printworks during party fundraiser

  • Tuesday, 16 July, 2019
    The National Lottery
    Camelot: raising top prize bar on other lotteries will hit charities

    National Lottery operator says rivals have an unfair advantage and are less regulated

    Man marks a National Lottery game ticket at a newsagent shop in Londo...A man marks a National Lottery game ticket at a newsagent shop in London March 26, 2010. The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Canada's largest pension plan, said on Thursday it would buy Camelot, the British national lottery operator, for 389 million pounds ($576 million). Camelot has been reviewing its options since last year when some of its shareholders -- Cadbury Plc , Royal Mail Enterprises, De La Rue Plc , Fujitsu Services and Thales Electronics -- indicated interest in selling. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS)
  • Friday, 9 February, 2018
    Newspaper industry
    Trinity Mirror clinches £127m deal to buy Express

    Richard Desmond says sale gives newspaper titles ‘a better chance’

    LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 10: A photo illustration of British National Newspapers' The Daily Mirror, and the Daily Express on January 10, 2017 in London, England. The Daily Mirror group and Trinity Mirror, has confirmed that talks have resumed with Richard Desmond regarding a potential tie-up with Express Newspapers, who own the Daily Express and the Star newspapers. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
  • Friday, 9 February, 2018
    Newspaper industry
    Trinity Mirror agrees £127m deal for Richard Desmond’s Express

    Deal is one of the biggest shake-ups in UK newspaper industry in more than a decade

  • Friday, 15 December, 2017
    Media
    Trinity Mirror expects decline in print revenues for 2017
  • Monday, 13 November, 2017
    LombardMatthew Vincent
    Desmond’s planned lottery bid challenges Camelot’s winning streak

    A once-a-decade tendering process is far from optimal

    CYFY6M Checking Lottery Ticket against National Lottery Programme on TV
  • Sunday, 12 November, 2017
    News in-depthUK politics lobbying
    Richard Desmond gears up for National Lottery battle

    Express owner plans Camelot challenge as his rival game struggles to break even

    Richard Desmond has pressed the UK government for a change in the law that could transform the fortunes of one of his business holdings
  • Monday, 9 October, 2017
    Newspaper industry
    Trinity Mirror posts further decline in revenues
  • Saturday, 23 September, 2017
    News in-depthEuropean companies
    Metro sale mooted as online rivals leave their imprint

    Potential buyers consider bid for DMGT title amid signs of long overdue deals in UK

  • Friday, 22 September, 2017
    US & Canadian companies
    Time to sell UK publisher of NME, Country Life and TV Times

    Group to also sell majority stake in US magazine Essence, Sunset and Coastal Living

    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Edd Griffin/REX/Shutterstock (4438669d)
									NME Magazine, London, Britain - Feb 2015
  • Friday, 8 September, 2017
    Newspaper industry
    Desmond seeks to offload Express burden to Trinity Mirror

    Demanding proprietor continues retreat from struggling world of print

    Richard Desmond of the Northern & Shell company at West Ferry Printers, on the Isle of Dogs, in London, watches his latest acquisition the Daily Express come off the presses. The publishing company has bought the Newspaper titles for 125 million in cash. * from United News & Media. The sale includes the three national titles the Daily Express, Sunday Express and Daily Star.
  • Friday, 8 September, 2017
    Newspaper industry
    Trinity Mirror in talks to acquire Express

    Deal would be biggest shake-up to UK newspaper industry for more than a decade

    Newspapers. Express, Mirror and Star.
  • Friday, 8 September, 2017
    FT AlphavilleSiona Jenkins
    Opening Quote: Trinity Mirror in talks to buy Express Newspapers
  • Friday, 8 September, 2017
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Trinity Mirror in talks to acquire Express
    Newspapers. Express, Mirror and Star.
  • Monday, 16 January, 2017
    Newspaper industry
    Daily Mail deals blow to newspaper collaboration efforts

    Publisher walks away from talks over joint advertising sales initiative

    Copies of British national newspapers, tabloids and broadsheet, carry the story of the High Court battle over Article 50 on their front pages as they sit on display at a newsagents store in Brentwood, U.K., on Friday, Nov. 4, 2016. The newspapers were reacting to Thursday's decision by the High Court to deny U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May the right to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty without a parliamentary vote beforehand. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
  • Wednesday, 11 January, 2017
    Newspaper industry
    UK newspaper crisis drives Trinity Mirror/Express talks

    Rivals explore closer collaboration in face of fast declining print advertising

    LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 10:  A photo illustration of British National Newspapers on January 10, 2017 in London, England. Members of the British press have criticised Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 as the government's ten-week consultation into the planned law comes to an end today. If the legislation is brought in, it would see publishers forced to pay both sides of costs in libel or privacy claims, even if they were to win.  (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
  • Tuesday, 10 January, 2017
    LombardUK retail results
    Supermarkets’ festive recipe offers foretaste of full-year sales

    Morrisons reports strongest Christmas sales growth in seven years

    An employee works on the fresh vegetable display at a Morrisons supermarket, operated by William Morrisons Supermarkets Plc, in Crawley, U.K., on Tuesday, March 3, 2015. Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc named David Potts as chief executive officer, tasking the former head of Tesco Plc's Asia unit with reviving the ailing British grocer. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
  • Tuesday, 10 January, 2017
    UK companies
    Trinity Mirror confirms talks over Express stake
  • Monday, 9 January, 2017
    Newspaper industry
    Trinity Mirror confirms talks over Express stake

    Longtime rival press groups look at working together

    Richard Desmond Proprietor Of Express Newspapers Gives Evidence At the Leveson Inquiry...LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 12:  Owner of the Express Group of newspapers, Richard Desmond, leaves The High Court after giving evidence to The Leveson Inquiry on January 12, 2012 in London, England. The inquiry is being lead by Lord Justice Leveson and is looking into the culture, practice and ethics of the press in the United Kingdom. The inquiry, which will take evidence from interested parties and may take a year or more to complete, comes in the wake of the phone hacking scandal that saw the closure of The News of The World newspaper  (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
  • Friday, 1 April, 2016
    UK companies
    Richard Desmond strips porn from his portfolio

    UK media mogul to focus on newspapers and lottery business

    LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 12: Owner of the Express Group of newspapers, Richard Desmond, leaves The High Court after giving evidence to The Leveson Inquiry on January 12, 2012 in London, England. The inquiry is being lead by Lord Justice Leveson and is looking into the culture, practice and ethics of the press in the United Kingdom. The inquiry, which will take evidence from interested parties and may take a year or more to complete, comes in the wake of the phone hacking scandal that saw the closure of The News of The World newspaper (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
  • Tuesday, 15 December, 2015
    UK economy
    Daily Mirror looks at launching cheaper tabloid newspaper

    New publication would seek to replicate the success of i, a stripped-down version of the Independent

    Copies of the Daily Mirror newspaper move along the production line at Trinity Mirror's factory in Watford, U.K., on Tuesday, April 13, 2010. Trinity Mirror Plc, publisher of the U.K.'s Daily Mirror newspaper, said full-year revenue dropped to 763.3 million pounds from 871.7 million pounds in the previous 12 months. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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