Man United bidder got £3.1m of public money
Irish Sunday Mirror|February 26, 2023
Billionaire’s hotel chain got Covid aid
SIMON MURPHY
Man United bidder got £3.1m of public money

A HOTEL chain run by the tycoon bidding to buy Manchester United netted £3.1million in public grants, despite him being worth billions.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe's Lime Wood Group Ltd received more than £1.5million during the pandemic in 2020 and 2021.

The Lime Wood Hotel, in the New Forest, has rooms for £1,400 a night.

Sir Jim's portfolio also includes the four-star Le Portetta, which boasts "38 luxuriously cosy rooms" in French ski resort Courchevel.

His firm made use of the furlough scheme and the Coronavirus Business

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