He has a house, a son, a business and even a licence from Hello Kitty.

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Mr Kiely admitted he ran an unlicensed money lending business, which changed when he obtained a licence from the Office of Fair Trading last year for his firm Millennium Finance Limited.

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However, if they engage in the business of manufacture to sell a gun, they need a licence.

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Guernsey's housing licence system has been attacked by a number of local business figures.

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In return for awarding a licence, the mandarins have felt obliged to keep the beneficiary in business.

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For years, the government tried to deny Econet a licence because its founder, Strive Masiyiwa, would not give a share of the business to Mr Mugabe's nephew.

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The embattled tycoon has been struggling under a mountain of debt, both in his liquor business but more noticeably in his Kingfisher Airlines whose licence to fly was suspended last month.

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