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GMB Tells Chancellor to Stop Private Equity Ravaging Our High Street

GMB Union has today issued a warning letter to Rishi Sunak telling him he must act now to stop private equity ravaging the UK’s troubled high street.

It comes after Asda’s private equity owner has claimed the value of its investment in the supermarket chain is now 20 times higher than when they brought it – only one year after largest debt leveraged buyout in UK history. [2]

GMB is calling for:

  •  An urgent review on how there can be better transparency in private equity operations and takeovers
  • Clearer powers to block takeovers that pose a serious threat to major companies’ viability
  • The closure of tax loopholes
  • And far greater rights and protections for workers in companies that are taken over

Nadine Houghton, GMB National Officer, said:

“Leveraging debt against purchases of high street institutions risks hard working people’s jobs.

“Asda’s private equity owner, TDR Capital, recorded a 20-fold return on its stake in Asda just one year after it carried out the largest debt leveraged buyout in the UK’s history.

“The company is now the lowest paying ‘Big 4’ supermarket and one of the lowest paying overall.

“During the worst cost of living crisis in 50 years, Government and employers have a responsibility to help hard-working people.

“Private equity owners should not be playing fast and loose with the lives of those who make Britain’s institutions great.”

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