Dragons' Den Scot Duncan Bannatyne turned down £250m for business

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million - to buy his own business. The TV entrepreneur said ' I'm out' when he was offered the vast sum for The Bannatyne Group, which includes his health and fitness clubs and hotels.

The 72-year-old Scot, who appeared on the show between 2005-2015, claims an unnamed US operator offered 'between £200million and £250million' because they wanted to expand into Europe.He told the Mail on Sunday: "It's quite surprising that someone's made an offer given the current circumstances.Duncan owns 96 per cent of the business with his family owning the rest.His worth an estimated £300million, including the value of the group and says he's not that motivated to sell.He said: "I like the company, I like the way it runs, I like my employees.