Dominic Chappell giving evidence before the business parliamentary select committee last year after the collapse of BHS; he bought the company from Sir Philip Green for £1 in 2015 ReutersThe Pensions Regulator is to prosecute Dominic Chappell, the former owner of BHS and a serial bankrupt, for allegedly failing to provide information and documents it requested during its investigation into the sale of the retailer. BHS collapsed into administration with the loss of about 11,000 jobs just over a year after Mr Chappell’s Retail Acquisitions consortium bought it from Sir Philip Green for £1 in March 2015. The chain has since disappeared from the high street. The regulator is prosecuting Mr Chappell for allegedly failing to comply with three notices requesting information issued under the Pensions Act in April and May last year and February this year. The regulator said: “He has been summonsed to appear at Brighton Magistrates’ Court on September 20 to…

Source: The Times August 22, 2017 11:11 UTC