15 h. ago The All Blacks and Sir Jim Ratcliffe finally settle sponsorship dispute

New Zealand Rugby accused Ineos of breaching its sponsorship contract by missing a payment instalment but the sides have come to an agreement

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15 h. ago New Zealand Rugby and Ineos settle sponsorship contract dispute

NZR had launched legal action over missed paymentDetails of settlement to remain confidentialThe Manchester United co-owner Ineos and New Zealand Rugby have announced a settlement has been reached in their sponsorship contract dispute.In February NZR, the federation responsible for the All Blacks team, said it had launched legal action against Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos after accusing the chemicals firm of failing to pay the first 2025 instalment of a six-year deal. Ineos at the time said it had looked to “adjust” its sponsorship, with it having to implement “cost-saving measures” due the impact of “high energy costs and extreme carbon taxes” on its European businesses. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Ineos and New Zealand Rugby reach settlement in sponsorship dispute

NZR had launched legal action after accusing Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos of failing to pay the first 2025 instalment of a six-year deal.

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37 h. ago Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos cancels dividend after debt pile surpasses €10bn

Chemicals producer Ineos operates in Europe, the US and Asia and has come under increasing cost pressures of late

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2 w. ago Corporate nonsense betrays football’s soul and sense of community

Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s company Compass is sadly symptomatic of what football has becomeWhat’s this? A second article about the Ineos Compass in a week – it’s this kind of inefficiency that would never happen at Manchester United. But I have been staring at the Ineos Compass for the past 48 hours. For those of you fortunate enough not to have encountered it, according to Ineos’s website “the Ineos Compass was devised by chairman Sir Jim Ratcliffe as a fun way of attempting to capture how Ineos works, and why”.To the untrained (and perhaps also to the trained) eye, it is just a circle with words in it. “Words we like” are in the top portion and “words we don’t like” in the bottom. We like “no human is limited” – despite Sir Jim highlighting the limitations of a number of first-team players on Monday. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Sir Jim Ratcliffe sends Sheikh Jassim fresh Man United takeover claim

Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Ineos won the race to invest in Manchester United ahead of Sheikh Jassim and the Nine Two Foundation

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3 w. ago Who is Sir Jim Ratcliffe and what has he done at Man U? Ineos boss criticises Casemiro, Antony and Sancho

Britain’s richest man has had a rocky first season in charge of Premier League giants

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3 w. ago Four things we learned about Manchester United after Sir Jim Ratcliffe interviews

Latest Manchester United news as Sir Jim Ratcliffe opens up on the challenges he and Ineos have faced since taking charge at Old Trafford

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