Very Group is a Merseyside-based online retail and finance group fronted by actress Michelle Keegan that sells clothes, footwear and electronics. The business is owned by the Barclay family and was created from the former Littlewoods and Shop Direct businesses by Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay. Very is currently loss-making: it posted a half-year loss of £2 million, having made a £2.1 million profit at the same point in 2023. The group has begun a search for a chairman after Dirk Van den Berghe said he will step down; Aidan Barclay will act as chairman until the role is filled. Carlyle and Abu Dhabi-based IMI have provided recent funding and will take board seats, a move described in the article as a boost for the Barclay family amid wider scrutiny of their plans to sell The Telegraph.

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