A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE Tory donor travelled around 580 miles from his London home to his Aberdeenshire estate while the UK was under a strict coronavirus lockdown, The National can reveal. Christopher Moran, who owns the 48,000-acre Cabrach and Glenfiddich Estate, made the trip around December 27, after the whole of mainland Scotland had been placed onto the highest level 4 Covid restrictions. London, where Moran lives in Crosby Hall, a 15th-century Tudor manor on the banks of the Thames, went into tier 4 “stay at home” lockdown six days before Christmas. It is understood that while on his Scottish estate Moran mixed with another household. However, police attended and decided no action was required.
Richard Sharp will take over as chairman of the BBC during one of the most turbulent times in its history.
The 64-year-old former chairman of principal investment in Europe at financial services giant Goldman Sachs will replace Sir David Clementi when he stands down in February, BBC media editor Amol Rajan reported.
He will work closely with new director-general Tim Davie as the corporation faces scrutiny over equal pay, diversity, free TV licences for the over-75s and competition from streaming services such as Netflix, as well as the coronavirus crisis.
The banker, who read philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford, has more than 30 years of experience in the financial sector, and spent 23 years at Goldman, where he reportedly mentored current Chancellor Rishi Sunak.
Britain is being urged to overhaul its tax system after a report found that official data had missed almost £800bn owned by the country’s wealthiest households.The Resolution Foundation said that
One of the City s most prominent hedge fund managers is preparing to invest millions of pounds in GB News, the fledgling current affairs broadcasting company which is targeting a launch into British homes next year.
Sky News has learnt that Sir Paul Marshall, the co-founder of Marshall Wace, is in advanced talks about injecting approximately £10m into GB News.
Sources said that an announcement about the new channel s fundraising could be made in the coming days once it has finalised the line-up of its founding shareholders.
The funding would bolster the firepower of a business which wants to challenge Sky News and other established rivals by providing an alternative approach to news and current affairs broadcasting in the UK.
The founder of Capita is in a planning row over an overly large six-bedroom house next door that he claims will overshadow his own mansion in a millionaire s playground estate in Surrey.
Sir Rodney Aldridge and his wife Lady Carol have said that the proposed mansion in Oxshott will overlook neighbouring properties and seems to be overly large for the size of the plot .
The charity chairman co-signed a letter with his wife, accusing the developer who was applying for planning permission of trying to maximise the commercial value of the plot.
Planning documents show Stately Homes Limited s Paul Binney was applying to demolish the existing home to create a two-storey, six-bedroom house with rooms in the roof, an external swimming pool, ancillary accommodation and parking .