[Stooky Bill]

From what I remember reading Evans' first autobiography, the Capital/Virgin deal was going through protracted regulatory approval which allowed Evans to swoop in and do a deal himself with Branson. The Monopolies and Mergers Commission still published their report afterwards which said had the Capital deal had gone through, they would have had to sell off the Virgin FM licence.

That sort of regulatory thing seems so archaic nowadays. Selling off Virgin on FM when they've now got 5 FM London licenses and Classic FM