each time four seasons changed hands, the new owners borrowed money to buy it. and some of that debt sits on four seasons' books. by 2017 the groupe than £1 billion. one of the parts of the four seasons story is that they have been struggling now for a while repaying their debts. 2017, the four seasons group had about £29,000 of debt per care home bed that they operated. and the interest charge per bed per week was £1118. so, at that time about 20% of the average weekly fee was going on interest payments. if you take that interest payment off, it is a big chunk of money. what do you think about that? i know my dad was funded, but they are taking money out of his pot to pay off their interest. eventually the four seasons group was unable to pay the interest on some of its debt. in 2019, two key companies in the group were placed in financial administration. part of the debt is unlikely to be paid back, but the group still effectively owes £625 million. the care homes continue to operate. this is, you know, obviously going to be of significant concern for those families who have loved ones who live in those care homes because it ap

that home is run by four seasons health care group. t tess wanted to know where the fees paid for her dad went. four seasons? four seasons, yeah. panorama asked experts to draw up a family tree for the group. it was owned by private equity investors, but because of its high debts, in 2019, two key companies went into administration. it still has more than 160 companies in the group. i'm gobsmacked, to be honest with you. four seasons says its structure doesn't affect the care it provides, and the homes continue to operate. but business experts say the complexity and use of offshore companies makes it difficult to work out where that money goes. it should surely be the case that these structures should be transparent. they should either bring them onshore, or else they should be required to disclose the full finances of the entire group. it's as simple as that. the former health and social care secretaryjeremy hunt says in a sector looking after vulnerable people, government reforms should include more checks on company finances. there i

that home is run by four seasons health care group. te equity investors but because of its high debts, in 2019, two key companies went into administration. it still has more than 160 companies in the group. i'm gobsmacked, to be honest with you. four seasons says its structure doesn't affect the care it provides, and the homes continue to operate. but business experts say the complexity and use of offshore companies makes it difficult to work out where that money goes. it should surely be the case that these structures should be transparent. they should either bring them onshore, or else they should be required to disclose the full finances of the entire group. it's as simple as that. the former health and social care secretaryjeremy hunt says in a sector looking after vulnerable people government reforms should include more checks on company finances. there is a real opportunity now to lay down a long—term plan for the sector, and to channel private sector investment in the way we want. that could be a very positive thing. at the momen

that home is run by four seasons health care group. but tess wanted to know where the fees paid for her dad went. four seasons? four seasons, yeah. panorama asked experts to draw up a family tree for the group. it was owned by private equity investors but because of its high debts, in 2019, two key companies went into administration. it still has more than 160 companies in the group. i'm gobsmacked, to be honest with you. four seasons says its structure doesn't affect the care it provides, and the homes continue to operate. but business experts say the complexity and use of offshore companies makes it difficult to work out where that money goes. it should surely be the case that these structures should be transparent. they should either bring them onshore, or else they should be required to disclose the full finances of the entire group. it's as simple as that. the former health and social care secretaryjeremy hunt says in a sector looking after vulnerable people, government reforms should include more checks on company finances. there

a group called downtown san francisco is hoping this massive light and music show on four buildings down here will help bring people back during the holiday season. the station tavern on market street looks busy for happy hour. >> it's really been very, very slow. >> reporter: but the owner says business is down 80%. >> we used to open up at 7:00 a.m. till 2:00 a.m. now, we open up at 1:00 p.m. and we basically close, like, around 7:00, 9:00, depends. >> the sidewalks heading to the montgomery street bart station around 5:45 tonight, nearly empty. >> i work down here. i am actually just coming home from the gym. >> reporter: people who live and work downtown say rush hour has not returned. >> it's not even comparable to what it used to be. you see all these big buildings here. they are still empty. you know, there is some people here among the streets but it's still a ghost town. >> everybody work from home and this is why we are putting on this event is to bring people back. >> please welcome robbie silver. >> the executive director of downtown san francisco is hoping what he calls the largest holiday mapping projection event in the country wil

one in four tourists in chamonix pre—pandemic were british, the largest foreign group in the french ski resorts, and their absence is clear. with some of the best early season uk phil, terrestrial optimism in the french resorts, but while the brits who made it here in time count their luck, businesses are counting their losses. this restauranteur was hoping to quench the thirst of his british guests, but now has had to let three employees go, fearing business will drop by a quarter. how does it feel without the brits? sad and disappointed, angry. everything was ready, we have everything right, but the more we do, i don't know, it's very confusing for us. for those catering for the british market, the emptiness is devastating. and an ominous sign of what more is to come. if this continues the season, it is going to be a big loss of earnings, could be up to 50% of my annual earnings, through the winter, and i'm worried it will keep doing this every winter and if i'm losing half of my earnings every year i need to find a different profession. perhaps this is just a christmas blip, not a lost season. france is buying time and paying a high price for its resorts

one in four tourists in chamonix pre—pandemic were british, the largest foreign group in the french ski resorts, and their absence is clear. with some of the best early seasonrries from the uk full, there was real optimism in the french resorts. but now while the brits who made it here in time count their luck, businesses are counting their losses. restaurateur thomas mathieu was hoping to quench the thirst of his british guests this christmas — a sizeable part of his customers. now he's let three employees go and fears business will drop by a quarter. how does it feel without the brits? sad...sad, and disappointed, angry. everything is ready, we've got the masks, we've got all the passes, we have everything right which our government said, but the more we do, i think, i don't know, it's very confusing for us. for those catering for the british market, the emptiness is devastating is devastating and an ominous sign of what more could come. if this continues this season, you know, it's going to be a big loss of earnings. it could be up to 50% of my annual earnings through the winter. and i guess i'm worried that it's just going to keep doing this every winte

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right here was taken a couple of days ago, a group of five people were robbed at gunpoint when they were leaving the nicest hotel in philadelphia. the four seasons city. the family was robbed. you can see people walking by, they obviously don't want to get involved or something like that. four teenagers got out of the car, can you see in one spot what the license plate is, they took their time, they took about a minute to do it. they did not seem that nervous. and perhaps that's because, carley and brian. it happens in philly all the time. carley: yeah, without a doubt. also, this group reportedly they reportedly also robbed a groom, held him at gunpoint outside his wedding, so these are allegedly repeat offenders he denied that there was even a crime spike in philadelphia. >> i think it's important that we don't let this mushy and bleed into the notion that there is some big spike in crime. there isn't. there is not a big spike in crime. that is not true. there is also not a big spike in violent crime. neither one of these things is true. basically, we don't have a crisis of lawlessness. we don't have a crisis of crime. we don't have a crisis o