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Watchdog says there is insufficient evidence Lord Chadlington breached rules over £50m in contracts

The House of Lords conduct watchdog has opened an investigation into the Conservative peer Lord Chadlington...£50 million in PPE contracts.

Lords standards commissioners to investigate Lord Chadlington over alleged rule-breaking in relation to £50m PPE contracts

Lord Chadlington may have misled inquiry over introduction of firm awarded £50m in PPE contracts, Labour peer suggests

The UK government appears unlikely to recover any money from a healthcare recruitment agency that allegedly failed to deliver on a multimillion-pound PPE contract awarded during the Covid pandemic

SG Recruitment UK allegedly failed to deliver on £20m-plus Covid contract awarded after Lord Chadlington introduction

Why more private equity firms are funding and supporting the growth of PR agencies than ever before.

Equipment worth £1.7bn sourced from politically connected companies was stockpiled after government over-ordered

The founder of Liberty Steel has revealed that the company owes many billions to collapsed financial backer Greensill Capital but insisted none of its plants will shut down under my watch. Labour has called on ministers to provide clarity on the future of Liberty Steels UK plants amid fears that thousands of jobs could be lost if the firm goes under. This week, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng refused to rule out the prospect that the company could be taken into public ownership, saying all op...

He told me he planned to float his business, including growing a PLC by acquisition of other PR companies worldwide – and in the UK regions. Could I help? UK, even international expansion from our Norwich and London offices was very much on my list of ambitions and, naturally financial success was another aim. Should I sell? Over the next few weeks my consideration got warm, then warmer – and we agreed a merger before Shandwick went public. We had both explored other companies contemplating...