Coronavirus: Sports Direct boss deeply apologetic’ for blunders

The boss of Frasers Group Mike Ashley, which has Sports Direct and House of Fraser in its stable of companies, published an open letter on Friday morning in which he said that he is ’deeply apologetic’ following a series of mistakes in his company’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak, but also offered use of the company’s truck fleet to the NHS for the delivery of supplies to fight COVID-19.

Coronavirus: Sports Direct boss deeply apologetic’ for blunders

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