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BHS and Phillip Green

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GillT57 Mon 25-Apr-16 12:20:29

Very sad for those who are about to lose their jobs ( around 11,000 of them), but really hope that the administrators Duff and Phelps go after Philip Green for the pension funds which he has basically stolen. He has bled the company dry, taken out massive amounts of money ( and not paid uk tax on most of it). Meanwhile, he has just ordered his third yacht. I have always loathed the man but he really needs to be called to account for this. Why do greedy, tax avoiding gits like him get knighted?

Hippywitch64 Sun 02-Oct-16 09:24:56

Jalima please dont assume because people have tattoos piercings and shaved heads they are awful people some of the kindest people i know fit that discription. In fact DS has tattoos and waist length hair is 6'5" tall and built like a masonary outhouse and is the gentlest man you could ever meet. Btw i have tattoos as well ??

durhamjen Sun 02-Oct-16 00:46:58

Dominic Chappell didn't just defraud BHS. He defrauded HMRC too.

www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2016/10/01/did-dominic-chappells-bhs-service-company-cost-hmrc-more-than-700000/

Definitely a case for the SFO.

durhamjen Thu 29-Sept-16 18:13:24

There's a petition on 38 degrees to sign about whether the SFO should investigate the former bosses of BHS for fraud.

It's going to be delivered tomorrow, so anyone who wants to see it happen should sign now.

GillT57 Sun 19-Jun-16 21:53:57

That's it deeda ,Bob Hopkins in gangster mode with a bit of Robert de Niro thrown in you looking at me?

Deedaa Sun 19-Jun-16 21:15:23

His appearance in front of the committee reminded me so much of the late, lamented Bob Hoskins playing a seedy East End gangster.

daphnedill Sun 19-Jun-16 21:13:22

I think they're the perfect match!

Jalima Sun 19-Jun-16 21:08:38

when I say awful looking I don't mean their actual visage, no-one can help that, but the tattooes, the piercings, the shaved heads, (or greasy pony-tails) - and the women look quite staid in comparison.

Jalima Sun 19-Jun-16 21:06:25

GillT57 it never ceases to amaze me seeing perfectly normal-looking women going around with the most astonishingly awful-looking men.
Mind you, have you seen the latest pictures of her - they do look well-suited!

I would be so ashamed of him if he belonged to me (not that he would ever have had a chance in hell despite his billions).

durhamjen Sun 19-Jun-16 20:44:54

If you'd read daphne's link, you would have found out.

durhamjen Sun 19-Jun-16 20:43:37

£46 million for the plane and £100 million for the yacht.

GillT57 Sun 19-Jun-16 20:22:19

His wife, she with the potty mouth, must really hate him. Nobody would let anyone they love or even like a bit, go out and about with that hideous hairstyle. All those greasy grey curls over the collar, cascading fun from his bald head. ....Yuk.

daphnedill Sun 19-Jun-16 20:11:54

You're right, annsixty, but what's £100 million to a billionaire?

annsixty Sun 19-Jun-16 19:54:34

Reports say £ 46 million.

annsixty Sun 19-Jun-16 19:53:20

He has just taken delivery of a new jet. I can't remember the cost but a bit more than I feel I could manage.

durhamjen Sun 19-Jun-16 19:41:33

£146 million would plug a big gap in the pension fund. I wonder where he's going to get that money from? His wife?

whitewave Sun 19-Jun-16 19:41:10

What happened to the new super yacht? So how much money does that represent? Is he spending the pensioners money?

daphnedill Sun 19-Jun-16 19:36:13

angry

I guess Philip Green won't be needing his bus pass:

www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jun/19/sir-philip-green-takes-delivery-of-46m-private-jet-says-media-report

Jalima Wed 15-Jun-16 23:02:09

He doesn't even know how to get in touch with his bank
That's what Minions are for - haven't you seen the film djen?

Jalima Wed 15-Jun-16 23:00:04

When he said to someone 'stop looking at me like that' did he mean the woman with the spectacles?

I must remember not to peer at people over the top of my reading glasses. It might upset them.

durhamjen Wed 15-Jun-16 22:06:47

It's amazing how much he doesn't know. He doesn't even know how to get in touch with his bank, so he said.
Someone who is that incompetent? Managed to give his wife how much? Do we believe him?
He'll be pleading dementia next.

Deedaa Wed 15-Jun-16 22:00:10

Watched a bit of him this morning. Talk about a rabbit in the headlights!

annsixty Wed 15-Jun-16 08:49:23

I hadn't considered that. I will make some enquiries and keep you updated. Next years hols could all be on me smile

petra Wed 15-Jun-16 08:45:25

annsixty Don't worry about the mooring fees, live offshore.

annsixty Wed 15-Jun-16 08:38:37

I would be interested but mooring fees may tip the balance for me. Perhaps with next April's pension rise it might be manageable!

daphnedill Wed 15-Jun-16 08:11:49

Oh no! ~lol~

Does that mean there's a second-hand boat going cheap?