Savills outgoing graduate charity committee has raised a total of £130,000 for Dreams Come True following an incredible year of fundraising activity, which will help grant wishes to terminally ill children and young adults. Savills employees participated in a number of charity events throughout the year including the London Marathon, the Three Peaks Challenge, the organisation of a 100km Arctic Trek due to take place in 2017 and a number of young professional networking evenings. The new committee already has a number of fundraising activities in the pipeline and look forward to raising  money for the charity over the coming year. Mark Ridley, CEO of Savills UK and Europe, comments: “The graduate charity committee has once again done a superb  job raising money for Dreams Come True. Their endless enthusiasm and creativity has encouraged people to generate donations from across the business and beyond. We want to thank them all for their hard work and commitment and would like to wish the best of luck to the new committee for the year ahead.” Source link

The most likely option for the business is the sale of some of its 19 hotels to allow one or more of the brothers to exit the business. Hotel investors have already begun circling the Grange Hotel business in anticipation of a sale. Other options include bringing in new debt to replace its current loans, which totalled £220m as of 31 March 2015. That debt matures in December 2018. It could also look to replace an existing equity source. All the content from this weekís magazine, including this article, is available in the new app. Managing director Tony Matharu said: “As managing director of the company I am always looking for opportunities for growth and shall continue to do so.” The three brothers started the Grange business 25 years ago, converting London offices to hotels. Grange Hotels has 19 properties spread across prime central London, comprising more than 2,000 bedrooms. Trophy assets include the 433-bedroom Grange St Paul’s, EC4, and the 370-bedroom Grange Tower Hill, E1. The brothers have never sold any of their properties. If a sale were to go ahead, sources said it would likely be of some of the smaller assets in the portfolio – such as the 120-bedroom Grange Bracknell in Windsor, Berkshire – which do not fit the company’s luxury profile. The Matharu brothers were included in this year’s Sunday Times Rich List with a fortune of £862m. The latest accounts for the company show a turn­over of £125.9m and profit of £63m for the year ended 31 March 2015. Source link