Despite promising MPs two months ago that he would “sort” the pensions blackhole caused by the high street chain collapse, Sir Philip has taken no action, the co-chairman of the BHS Inquiry Committee Iain Wright has told Sky News.
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“Just go away. That’s going in the f****** sea”.
Instead, he has been holidaying on his newly built £100m super yacht around the Greek islands.
Dressed in a T-shirt and shorts, Sir Philip was shown saying: “Will you go away?”
Realising he has been spotted, the retail tycoon threatens to call the police as he demands the journalists “to go away”.
Sir Philip interrupts with a mere “go away” and throws his arm in the air as if to brush him off – and turns his back on him – but undaunted, the reporter continues.
He then appeared to shove Bowden and tried to grab the camera, shouting: “Which bit are you not understanding?”
Sky News had tracked Sir Philip down to Ithaca in Greece, where Sir Philip is holidaying on his £100 million yacht called “Lionheart”.
Shortly after the confrontation, the situation calms down and the billionaire shakes hands with the Sky News crew.
Despite promising British MPs two months ago that he would “sort” the pensions blackhole caused by the United Kingdom high street chain’s collapse, he has taken no action, the co-chairman of the BHS Inquiry Committee Iain Wright told Sky News.
“He could hardly have been less pleased to see us”.
Its subsequent owner, former bankrupt Dominic Chappell, later called in receivers which has affected 11,000 jobs, 22,000 pensions and led to a lengthy parliamentary inquiry.
BHS collapsed in April and its former owner has been roundly criticised – by BHS staff, unions, the media and some MPs – for his handling of the sale of the store chain for £1 before it sank.
Administrators for BHS have announced plans to delay the closure of the doomed retailer’s 57 remaining branches, delaying the redundancies of thousands of workers.
But this deadline has been provisionally extended until at least 28 August with stores remaining open until all stock has run out.
He has borne the brunt of the public fallout, having been branded the “unacceptable face of capitalism” by MPs.
Staff will then be made redundant.
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The administrators have already overseen 106 closures over recent weeks, with the latest being BHS’s flagship Oxford Street store on Saturday.
