Tycoon loses 9-year battle to turn pub into holiday flats

Multi-millionaire Freeserve tycoon loses nine-year battle over plan to turn village’s only pub into holiday flats – as locals win chance to buy the boarded-up building by compulsory purchase Peter Wilkinson had 300-year-old Plough Inn on North York Moors boarded up Tycoon was refused permission to turn it into offices for his 19,000-acre estate Wilkinson – … Read more

Downfall of a big-spending tycoon: Pramod Mittal faces bankruptcy

The bride was resplendent in her traditional red and gold wedding sari, ablaze with countless diamonds in her headpiece, earrings and nose ring. The groom cut no less magnificent a figure, arriving astride a white horse, wearing a lavishly embroidered jacket with a white plume bobbing from his red turban. Father of the bride, Pramod … Read more

HARRY COLE: The day lobbying row tycoon Richard Desmond made a dizzying Boris Bike U-turn 

It seems controversial tycoon Richard Desmond has a track record for clumsy efforts to lobby the Tories, and Boris Johnson in particular. In 2009, the then owner of the Express newspaper group had a bee in his bonnet about the then Mayor of London’s cycle hire scheme because of plans for a rental station outside his … Read more

Russian tycoon shops for car dealers in UK

Russian tycoon shops for car dealers in UK: Billionaire who fell out with Putin leads way as foreign moguls target struggling British firms The entrepreneur made his fortune building up Russia’s largest forecourt chain Petrov becomes the latest foreign mogul to size up UK investments By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, … Read more

Steve Bing, the lonely tycoon who Liz Hurley’s son ‘never met’

Multi-millionaire film-maker Steve Bing had to take a DNA test before he would admit he had fathered a child with Liz Hurley, and he spent a lifetime keeping the many women in his life at arm’s length. Tragically, it appears to have been his loneliness in lockdown that proved too much for him, leading him … Read more

Fugitive tycoon says China bribes Vatican with £1.6n every year

An exiled billionaire has accused the Chinese government of giving the Vatican £1.6billion every year in bribes to prevent it from criticising Beijing’s sweeping clampdown on religions.  Fugitive tycoon Guo Wengui claimed in a podcast that the Communist Party had been paying the Holy See generously since 2014 because Beijing ‘wanted the Vatican to shut … Read more

Lord Stevens’ investigation firm is linked to ‘bugging of billionaire tycoon Sir Frederick Barclay’

Ex Met Police chief Lord Stevens’ private investigation firm is linked to ‘bugging of billionaire tycoon Sir Frederick Barclay at Ritz hotel’ Sir Frederick, 85, is involved in a bitter High Court battle with three of his twin brother Sir David’s sons It is over 94 hours of secret recordings made over a number of … Read more

American media tycoon Henry Mauriss makes £350m Newcastle bid

American businessman Henry Mauriss has made a £350million offer to buy Newcastle United and wants to take control before next season, sources have told MailOnline. It is said that Mauriss is ready to move quickly but any deal would be dependent on the collapse of the Saudi-led takeover currently subject to the Premier League’s owners … Read more

Cara Delevingne ‘earns millions as a property tycoon’

Cara Delevingne is reportedly adding even more to her millions as a London property tycoon. According to sources the model, 27, is investing her money wisely in lavish properties in some of the capital’s wealthiest hot spots, as a director for her father Charles’ company. Cara has been known for wisely investing her £21 million … Read more