IN 2007, the three families behind the Jurys Doyle hotel group decided to sell a sizeable chunk of the business.

An investment group backed by Irish tycoons JP McManus and John Magnier was today reported to be in talks to buy Chrysalis’s radio arm for up to £180m (€267m).

AN investment fund led by Denis Brosnan has backed the takeover of a British honey manufacturer for over €10 million.