Is Liberty London up for sale?

Published: 13-Feb-2019
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The store’s largest shareholder has hired bankers UBS to explore a sale that could value it at more than £300m

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London landmark Liberty London is mooting a potential sale after its largest shareholder announced plans to offload its stake in the business.

According to Sky News, the department store is poised to change hands for the first time in nearly a decade after private equity firm BlueGem Capital Partners hired UBS to explore a possible sale.

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