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	The Telegraph - Calcutta : At Leisure
		Lloyd-Webber’s wholly owned Really Useful Group, founded in 1977, is a global entertainment group which stages musicals worldwide, recently released the feature film The Phantom of the Opera and has rights to the composer’s songs and shows.
		The Really Useful Theatre group runs the largest theatre chain in London after it bought 10 venues from Stoll Moss Theatres Ltd in 2000 for £87.5 million in conjunction with another private equity group.
		British media reports have hinted the bidder for the Really Useful Group could be a major US corporation, while the Ambassador Theatre Group and Broadway producer Max Weitzenhoffer are said to be among those interested in the four theatres.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1050119/asp/atleisure/story_4271230.asp (465 words)

	Really Useful Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Really Useful Group (RUG) is a international company set up in 1977 by Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber.
		On 11 July 2005, the company announced that it was selling four theatres (The Apollo Theatre, The Duchess Theatre, The Lyric Theatre and The Garrick Theatre) to Nimax Theatres Ltd, a company owned by Broadway producer Max Weitzenhoffer and Nica Burns, currently production director of Really Useful Theatres.
		The sale will take effect from 1 October 2005 and Lloyd Webber will invest GBP 10 million of the proceeds in improvements to his remaining eight theatres.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Really_Useful_Group (210 words)

	The Really Useful Group Ltd. and Clear Channel Entertainment Announce An Historic Entertainment Endeavor, Andrew Lloyd ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		RUG also has plans to produce Evita in America, The Sound of Music in London and to mount worldwide tours of Cats and Bombay Dreams.
		RUG is also active in music publishing both in the UK and via its affiliated sub-publishers throughout the world.
		RUG is a UK based company with its head office in London and a satellite office in Sydney, Australia.
	www.forrelease.com /D20040725/nysu014.P1.07252004110731.03015.html (2652 words)

	Cats i Oslo: Her er rollelisten!
		The Really Useful Group is co-owner of Really Useful Theatres, London¹s largest proprietor of West End theatres, including the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, the London Palladium and The Palace.
		The group is also co-owner of Really Useful Theatres which is London¹s largest proprietor of West End theatres, thirteen in total, including the London Palladium, the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Her Majesty¹s Theatre, the Adelphi Theatre and the Palace Theatre, all in the heart of the capital¹s theatre-land.
		The Really Useful Group Limited is a UK based company with its head office in London and offices in New York and Sydney.
	www.schinrud.no /Credits.htm (3038 words)

	The Stage Online :: News :: Interest in buy-out of Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group
		Sources close to the composer have revealed that an enquiry was made to him last year for the whole of the group - of which he is the sole owner and which owns the rights to all his musicals as well as 50% of Really Useful Theatres.
		Through Really Useful Theatres it owns and manages 13 theatres and is the largest operator in the West End.
		RUG has also dismissed reports that its chief executive William Taylor has, as some newspapers have stated, “effectively resigned” over the issue.
	www.thestage.co.uk /news/newsstory.php/6116 (568 words)

	John Waller : Music Marketer and Artist Manager (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Really Useful was 30% owned by PolyGram at the time I worked there, with Lloyd Webber owning the remaining 70% himself.
		Really Useful addressed the issue of tough repertoire for radio, by encouraging contemporary "radio friendly" artists to record songs from the shows to gain access to the hit single publicity route.
		You really have to be the one to believe, and then try to persuade others to think likewise and to put their money where their mouth is.
	www.musicjournal.org /01johnwaller.htm (2173 words)

	Universal Music Group
		Under the new agreement, Really Useful will continue its longstanding and successful relationship with Universal via extensions to their existing music, video and television distribution deals.
		It will make the Really Useful Group unique in the theatre business as both copyright holder and producer of its shows and music and the company will go forward as a truly independent home for writers, musicians and all creative artists.
		The Really Useful Group is financing the deal with loan arrangements through a major bank.
	new.umusic.com /News.aspx?NewsId=27 (566 words)

	useful origami (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A complex toy machine that is the precursor to really useful robotic applications.
		Phantom logo and lettering © 1986 The Really Useful Group Ltd. Website © 2004 The Really Useful Group Ltd. No portion of this Web site may be...
		First, use simple exit proceedings in poor countries and resist copying the complex bankruptcy systems of OECD countries.
	useful.tocompare.info /useful-origami (342 words)

	The British Theatre Guide: Lloyd Webber buys Stoll Moss
		The Really Useful Group had joined with city financiers the NatWest Equity Partners in a reported 50/50 split to finance the deal.
		It is less than twelve months since Lloyd Webber took back control of the Really Useful Group for a reported £46.5m, which he financed with a bank loan.
		As well as two arenas in Sheffield and Cardiff, the Apollo Group owned 23 theatres nationwide, including the Apollo Hammersmith, the Apollo Victoria and the Lyceum in London, the Bristol Hippodrome, the Edinburgh Playhouse, the Old Fire Station and Apollo in Oxford, the Opera House, Palace and Apollo in Manchester, and the Liverpool Empire.
	www.britishtheatreguide.info /articles/120100a.htm (648 words)

	USATODAY.com - Lloyd Webber may sell entertainment empire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		LONDON (Reuters) — Millionaire musical composer Andrew Lloyd Webber may soon be singing all the way to the bank after getting an offer for his Really Useful Group, worth up to 500 million pounds ($934.2 million).
		The Really Useful Theatre group runs the largest theater chain in London after it bought 10 venues from Stoll Moss Theatres in 2000 for 87.5 million pounds in conjunction with another private equity group.
		British media reports have hinted the bidder for the Really Useful Group could be a major U.S. corporation, while the Ambassador Theatre Group and Broadway producer Max Weitzenhoffer are said to be among those interested in the four theaters.
	www.usatoday.com /money/2005-01-18-lloyd-webber_x.htm?POE=MONISVA (540 words)

	BBC News \| Entertainment \| Lloyd-Webber's Really Useful deal
		The composer's company, Really Useful Holdings, is paying £47m to buy back the 30% stake in the business held by film and music group Universal.
		Last year, PolyGram was bought by Canadian conglomerate Seagram, with the Really Useful Stake being passed to its own film and music subsidiary, Universal.
		Universal Music Group president and chief operating officer Zach Horowitz said: "We are delighted we were able to work out a mutually beneficial arrangement with Lord Lloyd-Webber and we look forward to continuing to be in business with him and to be associated with his classic works."
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/entertainment/newsid_322000/322928.stm (305 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| London \| Actor awarded £7,500 for injuries
		A spokeswoman for the Really Useful Group declined to comment.
		He had also "had to push the female lead out of the way of a train that was being pushed towards the audience, giving myself a hernia".
		In another show, "I fell from a ladder that had had oil used on it to stop it squeaking".
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/newsFeedXML/moreover/-/1/hi/england/london/4398395.stm (287 words)

	Albemarle of London: London Theatres
		The theatre was briefly used as a television and radio studio in the late 1990's.
		Sir Cameron takes over the lease of the Gielgud Theatre and Queen's Theatre from The Really Useful Group in 2006 when he intends to refurbish both theatres which are located on opposite corners of the same block in Shaftesbury Avenue, and include s new theatre within the refurbishment.
		The Stoll Moss Theatre group consists of 10 Central London theatres - the Apollo, Cambridge, Duchess, Drury Lane, Garrick, Gielgud, Her Majesty's, London Palladium, Lyric and Queen's - and is the biggest single theatre owning group in London's West End.
	www.albemarle-london.com /londontheatres.html (3716 words)

	Leisure Opportunities - Daily jobs, news,training and property. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The privately-owned Really Useful Group has a 50 per cent share in 11 West End theatres as well as holding the copyright to all Lloyd Webber productions, recordings, music publishing, merchandising, tv, video and film.
		A leading American corporation is thought to have raised the prospect of an offer for the entire company a couple of months ago, while undisclosed bidders have apparently also expressed interest in the London theatres.
		Were the offer for the whole of the Really Useful Group to be accepted, it would become one of the largest buyouts in the history of UK theatre and could potentially be worth in excess of £500m.
	www.leisureopportunities.co.uk /newsdetail.cfm?codeID=10101 (437 words)

	Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group sells the Apollo, Duchess, Lyric and Garrick theatres
		Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group has sold four of its West End theatres, the Apollo, Duchess, Lyric and Garrick theatres.
		Andrew Lloyd Lloyd Webber said: "I am thrilled to be able to say that these theatres are not being sold to the highest bidder, but to theatre professionals who will continue to administer them in the way that is in the best interests of the theatres themselves and the West End in general.
		Really Useful's eight remaining theatres are the Adelphi, the Cambridge, the Gielgud, Her Majesty's, the London Palladium, the New London, the Palace and the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
	www.londontheatre.co.uk /londontheatre/news/jul05/11jul05alw.htm (289 words)

	The British Theatre Guide: The People Who Could Save the Bridewell
		I asked the Bridewell if approaches had been made to the major companies in the industry, such as RUG and Cameron Mackintosh, and was told that indeed they have, but with no success.
		The Bridewell has a core of enthusiastic supporters, many of whom put their money where their mouths are and support the theatre with relatively small donations because they believe in what the company is doing.
		Andrew Lloyd Webber, wearing his Really Useful Theatres hat in the House of Lords, has been in the forefront of those asking for public subsidy to enable theatre owners in the West End to improve their buildings, which are, he argues, national assets.
	www.britishtheatreguide.info /articles/231104.htm (932 words)

	The Really Useful Company Compared to Others
		As with Phantom, there are many excellent fan web sites on Les Miserables, which make extensive use of the show's logo, photographs, sound clips, and libretto, all copyrighted material.
		The Really Useful Company rudely ignores fans who seek permission to use copyrighted logos.
		The concert was televised, recorded, and released on video and CD, so even fans who couldn't go to the concert could see and hear it.
	members.tripod.com /~RUGsux/compare.html (420 words)

	Duke of Yorks Theatre - History of the Duke of Yorks Theatre
		The Duke of Yorks Theatre is part of is part of Ambassadors Theatre Group Limited.
		This website is owned by London Theatre Direct Ltd, an official agent of Ambassadors Theatre Group and other London theatre venues.
		Images are the property of the copyright holder(s) and are used with permission.
	www.dukeofyorkstheatre.co.uk /theatre-history.htm (397 words)

	Drivers Jonas - Really Useful Theatres
		Valuation of Really Useful Group’s three theatres (Palace, New London and Adelphi), followed by a valuation of the ten theatres in the Stoll Moss Portfolio (including the Palladium, Theatre Royal Drury Lane and Her Majesty’s).
		The valuations were then used as part of a very successful bond issue.
		The Really Useful Group were in the process of acquiring the Stoll Moss Portfolio of ten West End theatres with NatWest Equity Partners.
	www.driversjonas.com /?doc=502 (205 words)

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	www.financialdirector.co.uk /news/1128903 (901 words)

	Dubai to host CATS - the world's greatest musical \| Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF)
		Orion Events in partnership with The Really Useful Group (RUG), has announced the Dubai season of Andrew Lloyd Webber's CATS - the most popular musical in the world.
		"The Really Useful Company will be assembling over 60 people from all around the world to bring CATS to Dubai with the cast and crew travelling from Australia, South Africa, Ireland, Japan, Italy and England exclusively for the season.
		"We live in really exciting times, and more information on the event will be made known at timely intervals," she added.
	www.ameinfo.com /48291.html (847 words)

	USATODAY.com - P. Diddy may be bidder in theater group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Lloyd Webber is sole owner of the Really Useful Group (RUG), a London-based company that manages the rights for his shows and retains 50% of the Really Useful Theatres company, which owns 11 theaters throughout London's famed West End entertainment district.
		Following several media reports on a possible sale of assets, Lloyd Webber's office confirmed last week that he had received an inquiry "in relation to the acquisition of some parts of his businesses." The statement added that the process was "in its formative stages and no decisions have yet been made."
		British media had generally described the possible sale as concerning the whole group, and said the Clear Channel media corporation was the likely buyer.
	www.usatoday.com /life/theater/news/2005-01-25-p-diddy-theater_x.htm?csp=36 (264 words)

	Really Useful Theatres Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		©2003 Really Useful Theatres Ltd, New London Theatre Ltd and Palace Theatre London Ltd
		REALLY USEFUL THEATRES is one of the largest theatre groups in London after being formed from RUG THEATRES and the old STOLL MOSS group.
		We own and manage 8 theatres, including, arguably, the most famous theatres in the world.
	www.rutheatres.com (239 words)

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