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Boots sold in £7bn deal to Canadian billionaire family

Katherine Langford

Editor-in-Chief · Wednesday, October 7, 2026 at 2:42 PM · 1 min read

Boots sold in £7bn deal to Canadian billionaire family — BBC Business, London Business news — Image: BBC Business

The sale of the High Street chain was announced on Wednesday.

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