writes Thomas Hornall, PA. Home Bargains chief Tom Morris is the director of The Halsall Estate Limited, which was incorporated in January and has bought 4,960 acres at Halsall, West Lancashire, in a deal which could be worth up to £50 million. The land was sold by the Church Commissioners, which administers the property assets of the Church of England and manages around 95,000 acres of land and an £8.7 billion investment fund. It is not clear how many farmers currently operate on the Halsall Estate, but all agricultural producers and others renting on it “have been assured that the terms of their existing tenancies will be honoured”, a spokesman said.
How two brothers built a pharmaceutical empire from Bolton
Anwer and Yakub Patel made millions with their chain of chemists (Image: Cohens Chemist)
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Anwer Patel, one of the men behind Cohens Chemist, worked for over 40 years to cement his status as one of Bolton s most successful businessmen.
Noel Moran
VALERIE Moran co-founded Prepaid Financial Services (PFS), which specializes in financial technology with her husband Noel Moran in 2008.
Valerie Moran was born into a family of five children. Originally from Zimbabwe, her parents were successful entrepreneurs. Her mother was a beautician while her dad owned many businesses including a school uniform factory, bakery, and a property investment firm.
Besides her parents being entrepreneurs, several of her uncles and aunties were university professors and deans at universities. Education was highly promoted in her family.
She went to college to study COBOL/Fortran/C (programming language) and graduated to become a talented Systems Analyst. While in Zimbabwe, there was no work for a Woman-In-Tech, so Valerie moved to London, she said in an interview with Anne Marie Ruby.
Rex Features Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has a fortune estimated as high as £14bn
That’s where some of the world’s wealthiest men and women come in – armed with wads of cash praying their fillies, mares, stallions and colts prove to be sound investments, and finish first past the post.
But, who are horse racing richest owners? Let’s find out.
WERTHEIMER BROTHERS – £19bn
STAGGERING £19billion.
The private pair, who rarely give interviews, inherited the company from their father Jacques, as well as a horse racing business.
It’s La Presle Farm – also known as Wertheimer Farm – in the US that seems to give them the most pleasure, with a load of Conditions race winners coming from that stable.
By Dave Rogers2021-04-29T05:00:00+01:00
But family-owned contractor sees cash pile jump to more than £480m
Pre-tax profit at Bowmer & Kirkland fell more than a quarter last year but the firm managed to increase its net cash position to more than £480m.
One of the country’s largest family-owned construction firms, B&K said profit slipped to £53.2m in the year to August 2020 from £73.2m.
Source: ARU
The campus in Peterborough is being built for Anglia Ruskin University
Turnover was up 4% to £1.1bn with its cash balance up to £482m from £447m at the year end. It said the value of its net assets rose to £508m from £475m.