Anger over losses of £529m at AA and Saga owned by private equity groups
The two businesses were merged by private equity groups Charterhouse, CVC Capital Partners and Permira three years ago
September 2009
Equal opportunities: It was hard for Damon Buffini - now it's worse
With the equalities body in disarray, have opportunities changed for black Britons? Afua Hirsch reports from Leicestershire
February 2009
Buyout baron Buffini serves up burgers for ungrateful colleagues
Boss of private equity firm Permira gives staff dressing down after overhearing complaints about food at Michelin-starred restaurant
July 2007
If only the chancellor had Damon Buffini's chutzpah
Will Hutton
Will Hutton: The Treasury must learn from private equity, take the plunge on high-risk borrowing and get our infrastructure up to speed.
May 2007
Private equity comes clean
Nick Mathiason explores the cloistered world of Permira's reclusive star, Damon Buffini, and two of the sector's leading lights go on the record to The Observer.
February 2007
The football fan who calls the shots
Damon Buffini runs Permira, the private equity firm that bought the AA three years ago.
