Ashley offers Debenhams £150m loan - with strings attached
14th Mar 2019 07:25
(Sharecast News) - Sports Direct has offered Debenhams an alternative to the £150m loan it is seeking, with the proviso that Mike Ashley would take over as chief executive.
Read moreDebenhams bites back as Sports Direct unveils new coup
8th Mar 2019 07:29
(Sharecast News) - Debenhams said it was "disappointed" after Sports Direct called an extraordinary shareholder meeting to remove all but one of the current board and to appoint the sports chain's founder Mike Ashley as its new boss.
Read moreSports Direct swoops on Findel with £140m offer
4th Mar 2019 11:07
(Sharecast News) - Mike Ashley's Sports Direct International has made a £140m offer to take full control of home shopping company Findel.
Read moreMike Ashley battles ScS to acquire Sofa.com
30th Jan 2019 08:31
(Sharecast News) - Sports Direct is said to be going head-to-head with ScS Group to acquire the struggling furniture company Sofa.com.
Read moreSports Direct's Mike Ashley in talks over possible HMV bid
21st Jan 2019 09:40
(Sharecast News) - Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley has been linked with a possible rescue bid for collapsed music and film retailer HMV.
Read moreDebenhams keeps Bucher as CEO after Sports Direct coup
11th Jan 2019 07:36
(Sharecast News) - Debenhams chief executive and chairman have been voted off the board after its largest shareholder ambushed the embattled department store group at its annual general meeting.
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: Dunelm leaps on surprise revenue growth as Indivior drops
7th Jan 2019 15:11
(Sharecast News) - London's FTSE 250 was up 0.75% at 17,930.21 in afternoon trade on Monday, with Dunelm Group leading the way as it bucked the trend for retailers.
Read moreThursday broker round-up
13th Dec 2018 13:31
(Sharecast News) - Persimmon: Shore Capital Markets upgrades to buy with a target price of 2,295p.
Read moreSports Direct interim profit drops as HoF weighs
13th Dec 2018 07:38
(Sharecast News) - Sports Direct posted a drop in underlying interim profit on Thursday, weighed by losses at House of Fraser, which it bought back in August.
Read moreSports Direct acquires Evans Cycles from administrators
30th Oct 2018 16:41
(Sharecast News) - Sports Direct will close half the branches bike retailer Evans Cycles after acquiring the chain for an undisclosed sum on Tuesday.
Read moreSports Direct buys Frasers department store in Glasgow for £95m
12th Oct 2018 07:47
(Sharecast News) - Discount retailer Sports Direct on Friday said it was buying the Frasers department store in Glasgow for £95m.
Read moreMike Ashley lambasts Sports Direct investors over 'backstabbing'
14th Sep 2018 15:51
(Sharecast News) - Sports Direct founder and chief executive Mike Ashley has accused shareholders of "stabbing him in the back" and of "hounding" former chairman Keith Hellawell out of his job.
Read moreSports Direct rules out bid for Debenhams
13th Sep 2018 07:54
(Sharecast News) - Sports Direct clarified overnight that it does not currently intend to bid for Debenhams, in which it has a 29% stake.
Read moreSports Direct trading in line, chairman Hellawell steps down
12th Sep 2018 07:53
(Sharecast News) - Sports Direct said on Wednesday that trading was in line with the group's expectations of achieving a 5% to 15% improvement in underlying earnings for the current financial year, excluding the acquisition of House of Fraser, as it announced the departure of chairman Keith Hellawell and as CEO Mike Ashley survived a controversial re-election vote.
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: Sports Direct scores an own goal, Sirius rejuvenated
11th Sep 2018 14:13
(Sharecast News) - London's FTSE 250 was down 0.48% at 20,162.47 in afternoon trade on Tuesday.
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