Nicholas Anthony Christopher Candy was born on 23 January 1973 and and Christian Peter Candy was born on 31 July 1974 and are British luxury property developers.
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15 Facts About Nick Candy
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Nick Candy graduated from University of Reading with a degree in Human Geography.
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Mark Holyoake claimed in the High Court action that the Nick Candy Brothers had used threats against him and his family to extort total repayments of £37m against a £12m loan.
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In recent years Nick Candy has diversified his interests outside of real estate and developed a portfolio of global investments through his private investment fund Candy Ventures.
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Nick Candy Ventures acquired the intellectual property assets of leading augmented reality start-up Blippar in January 2019.
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Nick Candy Ventures acquired a stake in Blippar and another tech start-up, Crowdmix, after both companies were placed into administration.
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On 28 May 2022, The Times reported that Nick Candy Ventures is considering a bid to buy The Hut Group, though journalist Oliver Shah was sceptical, pointing to "a series of disastrous investments in tech start-ups" and "no record of big acquisitions".
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However, on 15 June 2022, Bloomberg reported that Nick Candy Ventures had pulled out of the bidding process for The Hut Group.
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Nick Candy claimed that Bonnier misled him about Aaqua, a false claim that Apple and LVMH are interested to invest in Aaqua, so requested to the court to froze Bonnier's assets and nullify the swap of his shares in Audioboom Group PLC, a podcast platform, with Aaqua.
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Later, the High Court issued a freezing order against Bonnier, but ordered that Nick Candy Ventures had to obtain a £10 million bank guarantee to maintain the freezing order.
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In October 2018, it was reported that Nick Candy refinanced his penthouse at One Hyde Park with an £80 million mortgage from Credit Suisse in order to pursue rental opportunities.
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Nick Candy exchanged contracts, consisting of two lease agreements for £20 million and £48 million.
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On 29 September 2012, Nick Candy married the Australian-British actress-musician-TV presenter Holly Valance in Beverly Hills, California, US.
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In December 2021, The Daily Mirror published a photograph revealing that Nick Candy attended a party with the then Conservative London mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey on 14 December 2020, which would have broken coronavirus restrictions at the time.
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In June 2020, The Guardian reported that Nick Candy had donated £100,000 to the Conservative Party in March 2020.
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