Icelandic retail group Baugur is set to make a formal bid for House of Fraser after reaching a deal over its £106m pension scheme deficit.
Sources say scheme trustees now consider the issue “done and dusted” which would clear the way for Baugur to make a formal bid. Baugur has already spent around 10 weeks looking at the retailer’...
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