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Top story: Crothers role was approved by officials
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The scandal over Greensill Capital’s links to the government has deepened after it emerged that a senior civil servant began working for the finance firm as an adviser while still serving in Whitehall – and that his role was approved the Cabinet Office. Following revelations about former prime minister David Cameron’s lobbying on behalf of the failed company, Downing Street sources were said to be “deeply concerned” at the revelation that official approval was given for Bill Crothers to begin advising Greensill in September 2015 while still employed as the government’s chief commercial officer. He left the Whitehall job two months later and went on to become a director of Greensill, gaining a shareholding potentially worth $8m (£5.8m). Crothers has denied any wrongdoing and said such outside roles were �
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W Galen Weston, billionaire and retail visionary, is dead at 80 kitv.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kitv.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Weston previously held executive and senior roles at food, retail and real estate giants his family founded or led including Loblaw Companies Ltd., Choice Properties, Selfridges Group and Weston Foods.
He retired as chairman of George Weston Ltd. in 2016 to make room for his son Galen G. Weston, a tradition set by his father, W. Garfield Weston, who also stepped down at the age of 75. As he pushed me and my sister up and down store aisles in a shopping cart, our Saturdays became lessons in retail, bakery, and real estate, where I also saw firsthand the fundamental values that lead to success, Galen G. Weston, who is also executive chairman and director of Loblaw, told The Canadian Press in an email.
Tributes have been paid to Canadian entrepreneur Galen Weston, who died at home this week after a long illness at the age of 80.
His extensive business interests included ownership of Irish department store groups Brown Thomas and Arnotts, and a shareholding in fast fashion retailer Penneys/Primark.
Donald McDonald, managing director of Brown Thomas Arnotts, said Mr Weston had an âextraordinary impact in Ireland, not just in shaping the retail landscape, but in the energy, vision and the clear love he had for this countryâ.
DAA chief executive Dalton Philips spent five and a half years working for Mr Weston, first as head of Brown Thomas (when Mr Weston was its chairman), and then as chief operating officer of Loblaws, a Canadian grocery business.