Don't miss a thing that's happening in and around Bury by signing up to the free MyBury newsletter Plans by the billionaire Issa brothers to sell almost 30 petrol stations to avoid a further probe into their £6.8bn deal to buy Asda has been accepted.
The Lancashire-based brothers have now been cleared by the Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) to find a buyer for the 27 EG Group sites, BusinessLive reports.
The decision comes after a consultation was launched in May by the competitions watchdog after the brothers, along with their private equity backer TDR Capital, offered to divest 27 EG Group petrol filling stations following concerns raised by the CMA in April.
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