<p>巴克莱兄弟面临破产威胁，汇丰银行寻求从他们那里追回超过 1.4 亿英镑的债务。</p>
<p>该银行在圣诞节前几天向高等法院对 69 岁的艾丹·巴克莱和 66 岁的霍华德·巴克莱提出破产申请，试图追回他们失败的包裹递送业务所欠的款项。</p>
<p>追究这对兄弟的个人责任标志着债权人追回债务努力的升级，因为巴克莱家族的商业帝国正在解体。这一持续的崩溃是由于劳埃德银行在 2023 年因未偿债务而决定收回《电讯报》和《旁观者》对巴克莱家族的控制权。</p>
<p>在他们权力的巅峰时期，巴克莱家族积累了庞大的商业利益，涵盖媒体、酒店、零售、房地产和物流等领域。</p>
<p>然而，他们的交易依赖于大量债务，家族被迫放弃大部分资产的控制权，因为一系列贷款方追上了他们。</p>
<p>汇丰银行试图将 2024 年物流集团崩溃带来的损失降到最低。物流集团是 Yodel 和 Arrow XL 这两家包裹递送公司的母公司。</p>
<p>根据破产管理公司 Teneo 在公司注册处提交的报告，该银行仅收回了 1400 万英镑的 143.5 万英镑债务，相当于每英镑仅 78 便士。</p>
<p>据认为，汇丰银行的诉讼与《电讯报》无关，因为巴克莱家族不再对该报纸拥有经济利益。</p>
<p>巴克莱家族将其在该报纸的股份出售给了由阿联酋主要资助的 RedBird IMI。</p>
<p>最终，控制《电讯报》的计划失败，因为政府出台了禁止国家拥有英国报纸的新法律。</p>
<h2>商业帝国解体</h2>
<p>该交易的海湾支持者现在也在追究巴克莱兄弟的责任，此前他们帮助家族偿还了 2023 年对劳埃德银行集团的债务。</p>
<p>国际媒体投资公司为 RedBird IMI 提供资金，上个月接管了巴克莱家族的房地产帝国 Trenport Property Holdings。</p>
<p>与此同时，《每日邮报》已提交 5 亿英镑的报价收购《电讯报》，目前正在由文化大臣丽莎·南迪审查。</p>
<p>进一步的债务压力导致巴克莱家族在 2024 年放弃了 Yodel，以 1 英镑的价格出售。巴克莱兄弟还将《旁观者》杂志的总部出售给了一位巴伐利亚橡胶手套大亨，并出售了他们心爱的超级游艇 Lady Beatrice，该游艇是以兄弟俩已故母亲的名字命名的。</p>
<p>巴克莱兄弟还被迫放弃了在线零售商 Very Group 的所有权，该公司拥有 Littlewoods 品牌。</p>
<p>美国私募股权公司凯雷在 11 月接管了该公司，认为这是巴克莱家族庞大帝国中的瑰宝，过去一年通过一系列高利贷维持了该业务的运转。</p>
<p>Very 成立于 20 年前，通过 Littlewoods 和 Shop Direct 的合并而成，由艾丹和霍华德已故的父亲大卫·巴克莱爵士及其双胞胎兄弟弗雷德里克爵士监督。</p>
<p>家族商业利益的解体引发了对其管理能力的质疑。</p>
<p>《电讯报》在 2024 年揭示了其财务中存在 2.78 亿英镑的黑洞，原因是巴克莱兄弟提取的贷款被认为无法追回。</p>
<p>这一金额在 2023 年的账目中被记录为 “准备金”，使《电讯报》在该年创下了 2.45 亿英镑的创纪录亏损。</p>
<p>通过巴克莱家族控制的一系列公司追踪失踪资金的尝试未能成功。</p>
<p>来自 HMRC 和国家犯罪局的专家与该公司及其顾问进行了联系，该局作为包括严重欺诈办公室在内的金融当局的信息清算中心。</p>
<p>尚未披露是否已启动调查。</p>
<p>在巴克莱家族的管理下，《电讯报》还被指控压制有关汇丰银行的负面报道。彼得·奥博恩在 2015 年辞去了该报的首席政治评论员职务，称他对该银行的调查遭到拒绝，并声称自大卫爵士和弗雷德里克爵士在 2004 年收购该报以来，标准已 “崩溃”。</p>
<p>巴克莱兄弟和汇丰银行均拒绝置评。</p>

<p>巴克莱兄弟面临破产，汇丰银行已提交申请，要求从他们那里追回超过 1.4 亿英镑的款项，这与他们失败的包裹递送业务有关。这一举动加剧了债权人在他们商业帝国崩溃过程中的努力，该帝国曾包括媒体、酒店和物流等领域。由于债务不断增加，巴克莱兄弟已失去对主要资产的控制，包括《每日电讯报》和 Very Group。汇丰银行的行动是更广泛金融崩溃的一部分，针对该家族财务交易的调查仍在进行中。巴克莱兄弟尚未对此情况发表评论</p>

<p>The Barclay brothers are facing the threat of bankruptcy as HSBC seeks to recover more than £140m from the pair.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>巴克莱兄弟面临破产威胁，汇丰银行寻求从他们那里追回超过 1.4 亿英镑的债务。</p>
</div><p>The bank filed a bankruptcy petition against Aidan Barclay, 69, and Howard Barclay, 66, in the High Court just days before Christmas as it seeks to recover money owed by their failed parcel delivery venture.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>该银行在圣诞节前几天向高等法院对 69 岁的艾丹·巴克莱和 66 岁的霍华德·巴克莱提出破产申请，试图追回他们失败的包裹递送业务所欠的款项。</p>
</div><p>The decision to pursue the siblings personally marks an escalation of efforts by creditors to retrieve debts as the Barclays’ business empire unravels. The ongoing collapse was triggered by Lloyds Bank’s decision to seize The Telegraph and The Spectator from the Barclay family in 2023 over unpaid debts.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>追究这对兄弟的个人责任标志着债权人追回债务努力的升级，因为巴克莱家族的商业帝国正在解体。这一持续的崩溃是由于劳埃德银行在 2023 年因未偿债务而决定收回《电讯报》和《旁观者》对巴克莱家族的控制权。</p>
</div><p>At the height of their powers, the Barclay family had amassed a vast collection of business interests spanning media, hotels, retail, property and logistics.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>在他们权力的巅峰时期，巴克莱家族积累了庞大的商业利益，涵盖媒体、酒店、零售、房地产和物流等领域。</p>
</div><p>However, their dealmaking relied heavily on debt and the family have been forced to surrender control of the majority of their assets as a succession of lenders caught up with them.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>然而，他们的交易依赖于大量债务，家族被迫放弃大部分资产的控制权，因为一系列贷款方追上了他们。</p>
</div><p>HSBC is seeking to minimise its losses from the collapse of Logistics Group in 2024. It was the parent company of Yodel and Arrow XL, two parcel delivery businesses.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>汇丰银行试图将 2024 年物流集团崩溃带来的损失降到最低。物流集团是 Yodel 和 Arrow XL 这两家包裹递送公司的母公司。</p>
</div><p>The bank has managed to recoup just £1.1m of the £143.5m it was owed when Logistics Group was forced to call in the administrators – equivalent to just 78p in the pound – according to a report by insolvency practitioners Teneo filed at Companies House.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>根据破产管理公司 Teneo 在公司注册处提交的报告，该银行仅收回了 1400 万英镑的 143.5 万英镑债务，相当于每英镑仅 78 便士。</p>
</div><p>It is thought the HSBC proceedings have no bearing on The Telegraph because the Barclays no longer have an economic interest in the newspaper.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>据认为，汇丰银行的诉讼与《电讯报》无关，因为巴克莱家族不再对该报纸拥有经济利益。</p>
</div><p>The Barclay family sold their interest in the newspaper to RedBird IMI, which is majority-funded by the UAE.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>巴克莱家族将其在该报纸的股份出售给了由阿联酋主要资助的 RedBird IMI。</p>
</div><p>A plan to take control of The Telegraph ultimately failed after the Government introduced new laws banning state ownership of UK newspapers.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>最终，控制《电讯报》的计划失败，因为政府出台了禁止国家拥有英国报纸的新法律。</p>
</div><h2>Business empire unravels</h2>
<div class="lb-trans"><h2>商业帝国解体</h2>
</div><p>The Gulf backers of that deal are now also pursuing the Barclays after helping the family to pay off debts to Lloyds Banking Group in 2023.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>该交易的海湾支持者现在也在追究巴克莱兄弟的责任，此前他们帮助家族偿还了 2023 年对劳埃德银行集团的债务。</p>
</div><p>International Media Investments, which provided funds to RedBird IMI, seized control of the Barclays’ property empire, Trenport Property Holdings, last month.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>国际媒体投资公司为 RedBird IMI 提供资金，上个月接管了巴克莱家族的房地产帝国 Trenport Property Holdings。</p>
</div><p>Meanwhile, The Daily Mail has submitted a £500m bid to buy The Telegraph, which is currently being reviewed by Lisa Nandy, the Culture Secretary.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>与此同时，《每日邮报》已提交 5 亿英镑的报价收购《电讯报》，目前正在由文化大臣丽莎·南迪审查。</p>
</div><p>Further debt pressures led to the Barclay family giving up Yodel in 2024, which it sold for £1. The Barclays also sold off The Spectator magazine’s headquarters to a Bavarian rubber glove tycoon and parted with their prized super-yacht the Lady Beatrice, which was named after the brothers’ late mother.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>进一步的债务压力导致巴克莱家族在 2024 年放弃了 Yodel，以 1 英镑的价格出售。巴克莱兄弟还将《旁观者》杂志的总部出售给了一位巴伐利亚橡胶手套大亨，并出售了他们心爱的超级游艇 Lady Beatrice，该游艇是以兄弟俩已故母亲的名字命名的。</p>
</div><p>The Barclays have also been forced to relinquish ownership of Very Group, the online retailer, which owns the Littlewoods brand.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>巴克莱兄弟还被迫放弃了在线零售商 Very Group 的所有权，该公司拥有 Littlewoods 品牌。</p>
</div><p>US private equity firm Carlyle took over the company – regarded as the jewel in crown of the Barclays’ sprawling empire – in November, having kept the business afloat over the past year with a series of high-interest loans.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>美国私募股权公司凯雷在 11 月接管了该公司，认为这是巴克莱家族庞大帝国中的瑰宝，过去一年通过一系列高利贷维持了该业务的运转。</p>
</div><p>Very was formed 20 years ago through the merger of Littlewoods and Shop Direct, overseen by Aidan and Howard’s late father Sir David Barclay and his twin brother Sir Frederick.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>Very 成立于 20 年前，通过 Littlewoods 和 Shop Direct 的合并而成，由艾丹和霍华德已故的父亲大卫·巴克莱爵士及其双胞胎兄弟弗雷德里克爵士监督。</p>
</div><p>The unwinding of the family’s business interests has prompted questions about their stewardship.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>家族商业利益的解体引发了对其管理能力的质疑。</p>
</div><p>The Telegraph revealed a £278m black hole in its finances in 2024, as a result of loans extracted by the Barclays, which are regarded as unrecoverable.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>《电讯报》在 2024 年揭示了其财务中存在 2.78 亿英镑的黑洞，原因是巴克莱兄弟提取的贷款被认为无法追回。</p>
</div><p>The sum, recorded as a “provision” in accounts for 2023, pushed The Telegraph to a record loss of £245m that year.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>这一金额在 2023 年的账目中被记录为 “准备金”，使《电讯报》在该年创下了 2.45 亿英镑的创纪录亏损。</p>
</div><p>Attempts to trace the missing money via a network of companies controlled by the Barclay family have been unsuccessful.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>通过巴克莱家族控制的一系列公司追踪失踪资金的尝试未能成功。</p>
</div><p>Specialists from HMRC and the National Crime Agency, which acts as an information clearing house for financial authorities including the Serious Fraud Office, have been in contact with the company and its advisers.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>来自 HMRC 和国家犯罪局的专家与该公司及其顾问进行了联系，该局作为包括严重欺诈办公室在内的金融当局的信息清算中心。</p>
</div><p>It has not been disclosed if investigations have been launched.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>尚未披露是否已启动调查。</p>
</div><p>Under the Barclays, The Telegraph was also accused of suppressing negative stories about HSBC. Peter Oborne resigned as the paper’s chief political commentator in 2015, saying his own investigations into the bank had been rejected and claiming there had been a “collapse in standards” since Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay bought the paper in 2004.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>在巴克莱家族的管理下，《电讯报》还被指控压制有关汇丰银行的负面报道。彼得·奥博恩在 2015 年辞去了该报的首席政治评论员职务，称他对该银行的调查遭到拒绝，并声称自大卫爵士和弗雷德里克爵士在 2004 年收购该报以来，标准已 “崩溃”。</p>
</div><p>The Barclays and HSBC declined to comment.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>巴克莱兄弟和汇丰银行均拒绝置评。</p>
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巴克莱兄弟被汇丰银行提交破产申请