BRITAIN IRELAND SCOTLAND YOUNG PEOPLE WOMEN Sir Peter Vardy RESULTS 2005 Ranking Worth Industry 362 £128m Car sales Vardy, 58, has seen the share price of his Sunderland-based Reg Vardy motor group rise, with veteran investor Jack Petchey (qv) establishing an interest. He took over the family firm when his father died in 1976, floated it in 1989, and his stake is now at £85m. He sold £10m shares in 2003 and a tranche for the same amount last July. He has other assets. RESULTS 2004 Ranking 356= Worth 2004:£110m

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