Bargain !

[NoMercy]

Mohammed Al Fayed has sold Britain's most famous department store - Harrods - for the princely sum of £1.5bn. Cheap, or non?

[thetruthhurts]

Not bad for a modest little corner shop.

[redman41]

Who has bought it NoMercy, have they said ?

[NoMercy]

The Qatari Royal Family have per chased it, Red.

[jackthehat]

He's obviously dismissed my sealed bid, then..........:o(

[redman41]

Plenty of money there NoMercy, the Store will be like a hobby for them. Wish I was related ;-)

[NoMercy]

Aww Jack, didn't realise you'd made a bid for the place. I ummed and ahhed but decided it was slightly out of my financial reach.... c'est la vie !

[Bobbisox]

don't blame him NM, how many times has he been refused a British citizenship even though he has employed thousands over the years and put something back into the economy..
Bobbi

[redman41]

Agree Steve5 as they could afford to

[NoMercy]

Indeed, Bobbi. And yet someone who has never put anything into society and stabs a headmaster to death is allowed to remain here indefinitely and claim benefits.

[sandyRoe]

The youngster that headmaster gave his life to save repaid his sacrifice by going on to get himself a criminal conviction for possessing a pistol.
The headmaster would have done the world a service if he had ignored the incident.

[Bobbisox]

yes I tend to think alright of this bloke who has been hounded albeit by the powers that be...ie The Royals
he appears to be kind and charitable and not a scrounger...
I like him

[sandyRoe]

Doesn't he believe that Prince Philip had a hand in some dirty deeds?

[Bobbisox]

yep sandy, and he well be right there!

[Mr Veritas]

It's a very sad day NM,
We used to live not that far from Harrods,and have seen Mr Al Fayed bring it back up to it;s origial level(after House of Fraser had dragged it down to theirs).
I wonder what made Al Fayed suddenly decide to sell it.Mind you given the world recession who knows how much he has lost in other areas?
I just hope that the invstment group Lazzards don't get it.They already own the Selfridge griup (which doesn't bode well0 If the owner of Harvey Nichols gets it at least they have retail experience (of the same level).
The Qatar Royal family (if it's true they have bought it) will at least give it to a management group to administer,as they won't want to actually run it.Much like the Dorchester Hotel,owned by the Sultan of Brunei,but run by Mandarin Hotels on his behalf.
We wait and see.

[NoMercy]

I'm not one for silly conspiracy theories - Diana died in an accident and nothing will convince me otherwise. Mohammed Al Fayed did come across as a bit of a raving loony over things he said...

As for the headmaster - yes, what was lost was far greater than what remained.

[trt]

Thats sad news, all the female staff will be in Burkas.