Virgin Money to buy Northern Rock
Published:
8:38 AM November 17, 2011
Updated:
7:10 PM October 9, 2020
Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Money is to buy nationalised lender Northern Rock in a �747 million deal, the Treasury announced today.
The takeover of the Newcastle-based bank, which was taken into public ownership in February 2008, is expected to be completed by the end of this year.
The Government will receive an initial �747 million with the potential to secure �1 billion in total - less than the estimated �1.4 billion it has injected into the bank during its period of public ownership.
Virgin Money failed in a bid to buy the bank following its collapse in 2007.