Mike Ashley

Businessman

Mike Ashley

Businessman

Sports Direct founder says he 'gets some things very right and other things very wrong'

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  • Wednesday, 07 September 2016

I suppose if you're a billionaire, carrying a wad of fifty pound notes in your pockets, might seem like loose change. But when you're Sports Direct's Mike Ashley, visiting a warehouse where staff were paid less than the minimum wage, and you're asked to empty your pockets as part of a security check - well, you can imagine - it's rather embarrassing. It was not a good day for Mr Ashley overall - at a shareholder's meeting he was accused of 'Victorian' working conditions at the company. Peter Lane was there.

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