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Guy Hands

  • Monday, 23 December, 2024
    The darker side of Guy Hands’ legacy

    Terra Firma founder accused of raging at staff and making sexually inappropriate comments

    A black and white image of Guy Hands
  • Friday, 21 July, 2023
    Terra Firma
    Private equity veteran Hands to step down at Terra Firma

    Executive cites The Beatles in memo that brings an end to three-decade career

    Terra Firma chair Guy Hands
  • Monday, 15 May, 2023
    UK privatisation
    Guy Hands’ property company loses legal case against UK government

    Annington to appeal against ruling that upheld defence ministry’s test case to take back ownership of housing for military families

    Guy Hands
  • Monday, 7 February, 2022
    UK privatisation
    Guy Hands/MoD: Terra Firma caught in quicksand of ministerial regret Premium content

    UK government’s move to unwind Annington Homes deal appears to be seller’s remorse

    Guy Hands
  • Wednesday, 2 February, 2022
    UK privatisation
    Annington Homes offers £105mn to settle MoD housing estates claim

    Guy Hands’ company threatens legal action if UK government fails to drop its litigation

    Guy Hands of Terra Firma
  • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
    UK privatisation
    UK seeks to unwind £7.6bn housing deal with Guy Hands’ Annington Homes

    Ministry of Defence wants to take back ownership of tens of thousands of properties sold off in 1996

    A soldier with his family at a military base in Tidworth, UK
  • Monday, 7 December, 2020
    Guy Hands returns to UK music scene with ROXi stake

    Former EMI owner backs £13m Sun Capital fundraising for streaming start-up

    Guy Hands’ original foray into the British music sector ended badly
  • Sunday, 9 February, 2020
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    Private equity and Britain’s care home crisis

    A battle over care home provider Four Seasons raises troubling questions for a sector Boris Johnson has pledged to fix

    Nurse with senior woman at home, holding hands.
  • Thursday, 6 February, 2020
    LombardKate Burgess
    Terra Firma’s Guy throws Hands in the air like he really does care

    Private equity epiphany; Royal Mail; CEO succession at HSBC

    Employees sort parcels for delivery at the Mount Pleasant post sorting office, operated by Royal Mail Plc, in London, U.K., on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. Royal Mail announced its group revenue rose one percent when it reported its first quarter earnings on Tuesday. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
  • Wednesday, 5 February, 2020
    Private equity
    Private equity became too focused on money, says Guy Hands

    Buyout pioneer warns industry’s culture is ‘not fit for purpose’

    Guy Hands, founder of Terra Firma Capital Partners, pauses during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015. Hands said Greece "could well" exit the euro area and warned anti-European political parties will seize on any concessions on debt relief. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
  • Friday, 20 September, 2019
    City InsiderPatrick Jenkins
    City minister’s praise for Boris gets cool Guildhall reception

    Square Mile friend John Glen has turned worryingly Eurosceptic, like his master

    Arts Minister John Glen in Hull announces that Coventry will become the next UK City of Culture in 2021.
  • Thursday, 4 October, 2018
    UK companies
    Guy Hands raises €400m in booming fundraising market

    New fund will invest in a company that specialises in building and renting schools

    Guy Hands, chairman and co-founder of Terra Firma Capital Partners, poses for a photograph
  • Tuesday, 30 January, 2018
    Property sector
    MoD loses up to £4bn in homes deal with UK private equity group

    Spending watchdog says defence ministry overcautious in dealings with Guy Hands

    Campers at RAF Coltishall, Norfolk, as they wait for the sale of Ex MOD Properties to go on sale tomorrow.
  • Sunday, 17 December, 2017
    Business InsightJonathan Ford
    Private equity is the wrong prescription for social care

    For assets such as care homes it is the longevity of capital, not just the amount, that matters

    B7E8A9 An elderly Sikh lady is helped to her chair in a multicultural extra Care home Bradford West Yorkshire. Image shot 2009. Exact date unknown.
  • Monday, 11 December, 2017
    LombardMatthew Vincent
    Hands’ private-equity approach is not helping the aged

    Loading up a narrow-margin business with high fixed-cost debt is hopelessly flawed

    Terra Firma Capital Partners Founder Guy Hands Interview...Guy Hands, founder of Terra Firma Capital Partners, pauses during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015. Hands said Greece "could well" exit the euro area and warned anti-European political parties will seize on any concessions on debt relief. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
  • Monday, 4 December, 2017
    UK companies
    Four Seasons Health Care owner pushes for deal on debt to avoid failure
  • Tuesday, 21 November, 2017
    UK companies
    Care home operator Four Seasons pushed to respond to rescue plan
  • Wednesday, 8 November, 2017
    Companies
    Terra Firma to hand over control of Four Seasons to creditors
  • Monday, 25 September, 2017
    Brexit
    UK businesses want answers on Brexit deal

    Executives on FT City Network express frustration at slow progress

    A stack of British one pound sterling coins stand in front of a British Union flag, also known as a Union Jack, in this arranged photograph in Guildford, U.K., on Monday, June 13, 2016. Sterling swung on Monday as anxiety about Britain’s referendum on staying or leaving the European Union continued to build. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg
  • Tuesday, 22 August, 2017
    News in-depthUK companies
    Terra Firma’s potential investors insist on tight restrictions

    Guy Hands identifies 400 backers to target for his latest $3.4bn buyout fund

    Guy Hands, chairman and co-founder of Terra Firma Capital Partners, poses for a photograph following a Bloomberg Television Interview in London, U.K., on Friday, May 26, 2017. Terra Firma is seeing a lot of interest in Europe from large, international investors, Hands said during the interview. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
  • Tuesday, 8 August, 2017
    UK companies
    Guy Hands seeks $3.4bn for fresh buyout fund

    Return of Terra Firma founder looking to benefit from buoyant fundraising environment

    Terra Firma Capital Partners Founder Guy Hands Interview...Guy Hands, founder of Terra Firma Capital Partners, pauses during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015. Hands said Greece "could well" exit the euro area and warned anti-European political parties will seize on any concessions on debt relief. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
  • Thursday, 6 July, 2017
    Property sector
    Terra Firma refinances £4bn property portfolio

    Buyout group to ramp up investment in UK’s private rental sector

    Terra Firma Capital Partners Founder Guy Hands Interview...Guy Hands, founder of Terra Firma Capital Partners, reacts during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015. Hands said Greece "could well" exit the euro area and warned anti-European political parties will seize on any concessions on debt relief. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
  • Thursday, 16 March, 2017
    UK Budget
    City fears repercussions of Philip Hammond’s mauling

    FT City Network says it is unfortunate that chancellor has been weakened over Budget

    LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 16: Chancellor Philip Hammond walks out of 11 Downing Street to greet the US Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin on March 16, 2017 in London, England. The Chancellor is under pressure after he announced yesterday that his controversial proposed rise in National Insurance contributions for the self-employed is to be scrapped. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
  • Wednesday, 18 January, 2017
    Banks
    Terra Firma’s Guy Hands recalls ‘relief’ after dropping Citi lawsuit

    Investor abandoned EMI case because he could not remember details of 2007 deal

    Guy Hands: 'By the time it was over for me, it was frankly emotionally horrible, but at the same time it was a great relief'
  • Monday, 31 October, 2016
    Renewable energy
    3i buys landfill gas division from Infinis for £185m plus debt

    Guy Hands-owned energy group sells 121 sites

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