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The unacceptable face of Capitalism gets away with it again.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/feb/28/philip-green-agrees-pay-363m-bhs-pension-fund Philip Green agrees to pay £363m into BHS pension fund Green agrees to pay "up to" £363 million, which is just over half (but only just) of the sum he took in dividends and other payments from BHS before selling the company for £1. It remains to be seen whether he repays this money or even part of it, now or at some time in the future. The 19000 BHS pension holders will receive a slightly better deal than they would otherwise have received, the Pension Regulator has now halted enforcement action and the MP's Committee led by Frank Field have grudgingly welcomed the "settlement". The bottom line of course is that Green has "got away with it" as he looks certain to retain his title (though not in my book) he keeps his yachts, helicopters and fleet of luxury limousines, his luxury apartments and his substantial bank balances. Wheth...

Former head of BHS enjoys the life of luxury while former employees and pensioners face a bleak future.

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/companies/sir-philip-green-pictured-having-a-whale-of-a-time-on-luxury-yacht-as-bhs-sinks/ar-BBuVQ0a?li=BBoPWjQ Sir Philip Green having a whale of a time as BHS sinks. The totally unacceptable face of capitalism. A £571 million "hole" in BHS pension funds, 11,000 BHS workers facing the sack and this wretched man and his family enjoy a life of luxury in the South of France.  "Do you mind not looking at me like that, it's disturbing me," His appearance at the House of Commons Select Committee was a performance of arrogance, self satisfaction, greed, disrespect and complete indifference. We do not need to ask where all the money has gone. Green's lifestyle, his £100 million super yacht the latest addition to his fleet which already boasts, a speedboat, a helicopter and three yachts, as part of his transport collection, says everything about this loathsome man...

Sir Philip Green questioned by MPs over BHS collapse

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jun/19/sir-philip-green-takes-delivery-of-46m-private-jet-says-media-report?CMP=share_btn_fb#_=_ Sir Philip Green takes delivery of £46m private jet, says media report There is a £571 million "hole" in the BHS pension fund. Green has taken delivery of a Gulfstream G650ER, and a new super yacht, ( a four-storey 90-metre vessel built in Italy that is understood to have cost £100m). Presumably, the pension holders of BHS are a little puzzled at Philip Green's latest additions to his fleet which already boasts, a speedboat, a helicopter and three yachts, to mention just a part of his transport collection. Green’s family received hundreds of millions from BHS in dividends and rent.