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Immigration Nigella Lawson Ian Watkins George Osborne Greece Michael Gove News >Business >Business Analysis & Features Galloping into controversy over Findus
James Thompson James Thompson James Thompson is a business reporter at The Independent.
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Print Your friend’s email address Your email address Note: We do not store your email address(es) but your IP address will be logged to prevent abuse of this feature. Please read our Legal Terms & Policies A A A Email When Lion Capital recently galloped into advanced discussions about buying the British hair-straightening brand represented by the pop star Katy Perry, the UK private equity firm had expected to be in the winners’ enclosure eulogising about its latest deal.
But all that changed last week when Lion, via its investment in Findus Group, became embroiled in the “horsegate” scandal, which trampled over the news at the weekend that it had acquired GHD – which stands for good hair day – in a deal valued at