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Call for Ashley to have defined role

Sports Direct board hammered in shareholder revolt

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More than half (53%) of independent Sports Direct shareholders today voted against management and called for...

Club suing over Sports Direct deal

Rangers in £4m legal action against former directors

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Rangers have launched a £4 million legal claim against several former directors and Sports Direct's major shareholder Mike Ashley...

Billionaire's firm under attack

Ashley’s Sports Direct ‘like Victorian workhouse’

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Billionaire retailer Mike Ashley has allowed his Sports Direct business to operate like a Victorian workhouse which does not treat its workers with dignity and respect, according to a committee of MPs.Read More

Amid call for tycoon to lose knighthood..

Ashley makes new bid to acquire BHS stores

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Retail tycoon Sir Philip Green has demanded the resignation of the chairman of the MPs committee probing the collapse of BHS... READ MORE

Retail tycoon faces critics

Ashley admits Sports Direct failings and quits Rangers role

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Mike Ashley, the retailer and football club owner, admitted to MPs that working practices at Sports Direct's giant warehouse had fallen below what is acceptable. READ MORE

New war of words at Ibrox

Rangers tell Ashley that retail deal is over

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Rangers have announced that it intends to terminate contracts with minority shareholder Mike Ashley's Sports Direct to sell club merchandise. READ MORE

Owner makes pledge to staff

Ashley pledges pay rise for Sports Direct employees

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Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley has agreed to spend £10 million to raise pay for employees above the minimum wage. READ MORE

King attacks Ashley's 'incessant litigation'

Rangers agree to repay Ashley’s £5 million loan

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Rangers will repay minority shareholder Mike Ashley’s £5 million loan, the club’s chairman Dave King told shareholders today. Mr King (pictured), addressing the annual general meeting at the Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow, saidRead More

Court ruling in favour of retail tycoon

Ashley blocks Rangers board move to quash his influence

Mike Ashley has secured a temporary court ruling preventing the Rangers board from neutralising his influence over the club. READ MORE

Chairman takes another swipe at ousted board

HMRC wins ‘big tax case’ as Rangers cuts losses

The tax office has won its long-running claim against Rangers' use of Employee Benefit Trusts (EBTs). The news comes as the club has cut its losses. READ MORE