777 Partners are reportedly looking to extend the timeline for their proposed takeover of Everton by another six weeks in their attempts to meet the conditions set by the Premier League before their buyout of Farhad Moshiri s 94.1% stake can be approved.
The owner of Slug & Lettuce and Yates s bars has revealed concern over its future as it looks to refinance more than £2bn of debt. Read this and the rest of today s consumer and personal finance news in the Money blog, and listen to the latest Ian King Business Podcast as you scroll.
Shareholders will not be injecting the first £500m of funding that was agreed last summer as industry regulations make the company s business plan "uninvestible".