{
  "id": 5935161,
  "title": "Bosses eye bid to take control of Poundland after its current owner put it up for sale",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/bosses-eye-bid-to-take-control-of-poundland-after-its-current-owner",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-06T05:00:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-16107723/Bosses-eye-bid-control-Poundland-current-owner-sale.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "It comes just over a year after Gordon Brothers bought Poundland for the symbolic sum of £1 in a deal that saw the chain close about 200 stores and shed more than 2,000 jobs.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}