Kate Garraway and Amanda Holden looked delighted as they ran into each other outside the Global offices in London on Friday.
The pair stopped to embrace in public as they enjoyed a brief catchup amid their respective busy schedules.
Kate, 58, is the host of Smooth Radio’s Mid Mornings and bumped into Amanda, 54, who was leaving the studio after co-hosting the Heart Breakfast Show.
The GMB presenter looked effortlessly stylish in a denim jumpsuit which she wore with a pair of trainers.
Meanwhile, Amanda was glammed up in a leather look burgundy dress and white high heels.
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Kate Garraway and Amanda Holden looked delighted as they ran into each other outside the Global offices in London on Friday
Kate couldn’t contain her excitement as she spotted Amanda outside the studio, beaming broadly and waving at her friend and colleague
The meeting comes after it was revealed that Kate was faced with a staggering £280,000 tax bill from her late husband Derek Draper’s company.
The presenter has openly discussed how she has been left with debts between £500,000 and £800,000 after caring for Derek.
The political lobbyist died at the age of 56 in January 2024 following a four-year battle with long Covid, with Kate paying £16,000 a month on his care.
Now, a new liquidator’s report has revealed the large tax costs that are yet to be paid by Derek’s now-defunct psycH๏τherapeutic company Astra Aspera.
The company, which was jointly controlled by Kate, went bust owing hundreds of thousands of pounds to creditors, including a large bill to HMRC.
Filings on Companies House have revealed how Kate has been trying to pay off the debt, with HMRC now submitting a lower revised total in a small boost.
HMRC’s latest preferential claim stands at £288,054, which is around a third of its previous 2023 submission of £716,822, according to the documents.
It is not known why HMRC dropped the payment, and the filing has claimed there are also ‘insufficient funds to pay a dividend to secondary preferential creditors’.
The pair stopped to embrace in public as they enjoyed a brief catchup amid their respective busy schedules
Kate, 58, is the host of Smooth Radio’s Mid Mornings and bumped into Amanda, 54, who was leaving the studio after co-hosting the Heart Breakfast Show
The GMB presenter looked effortlessly stylish in a denim jumpsuit which she wore with a pair of trainers
Meanwhile, Amanda was glammed up in a leather look burgundy dress and white high heels
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But despite her ongoing financial woes, Kate looked relatively carefree outside her place of work on Friday.
According to The Sun, Kate has so far paid back £21,000.
Addressing the filing, Kate’s spokesperson told MailOnline the ‘shocked’ TV star ‘doesn’t recognise these figures’ and is in contact with HMRC to make sure she ‘honours what is required’.
Their statement read: ‘Kate has met all that the liquidators of Derek’s company have asked for and more over the past four years.
‘She doesn’t recognise these figures and is shocked that it’s being presented in this way by them.
‘Caring for Derek and supporting her family when Derek could no longer run his own businesses has taken a huge financial toll on her but she’s determined to put things right.’
The meeting comes after it was revealed that Kate was faced with a staggering £280,000 tax bill from her late husband Derek Draper’s company (pictured together in 2021)
